Shanty for the Arethusa chords by The Decemberists
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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We set to sail on a packet full of spice,
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rum and tea- leaves.
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We've emptied out all the
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bars and the bowery hotels.
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Tell your daughters do not
walk the streets alone tonight
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Tell your daughters do not walk
the streets alone tonight.
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Verse 2
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To tell the tale of the jewess and
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the mandarin chinese boy
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He led her down from her
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gilded canopy of cloth.
And through her blindfold she could make
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out the figures there before her
And how the air was thick with incense,
cardamom and myrrh.
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Verse 3
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So goodnight, boys, goodnight
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Say goodnight, boys,
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goodnight
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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We set to sail on the clipper that's
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bound for South Australia
The weather's warm there,
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the natives are dark and nubile.
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But if you listen, quiet,
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you can hear the footsteps on the cross- trees
The ghosts of sailors passed,
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their spectral bodies clinging to the shrouds.
Verse 5
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So goodnight, boys, goodnight
Say goodnight, boys,
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goodnight
Outro 1
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Shanty for the Arethusa
The Decemberists
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