Key: B major
Verse 1
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In a pub Britanny I
had me a drink or three
I can vaguely recall a pretty
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girl was standin' there
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Ran her hand through my hair
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took me off for some air
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I hope we had a good time for I
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woke without even a dime
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I'm a sailor that's all that I am
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I've been in many a land
Had a million girls but never
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have the urge to stay
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I was born to be on the rollin' sea
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That's where I'll be a livin' and
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I'll be a dyin' someday
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Verse 2
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Well I copped me a ship once more
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that was bound for Singapore
I got in a card game that
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lasted for thirty some days
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I made my shipmates sad I took all they had
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I taught those rosy cheek lads they don't
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be underratin' ol' Dad
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I'm a sailor that's all that
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I am...
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Three more days and we'll be in port we'll
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have twenty four hours of sport
We'll spend our hard earned
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money as fast as we can
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Lift the glasses high and
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tell the pretty girls lies
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And then we'll run for the harbor
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that's the life of a sailor man
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I'm a sailor that's all that I am...
Outro 1
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