Key: E major
Verse 1
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Em
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There was
a little ship
and she sailed on the sea
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And she sailed on the lowland sea
She was out sailing about
two weeks or three
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And she was overtaken by a Turkish rovery
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As she sailed on the lowland,
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lonesome low
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As she sailed on the lowland sea
Oh, captain, said the cabin boy,
what would you give to me
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If I was to sink that Turkish rovery,
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sink her in the lowland sea?
Well, I would give you gold,
the captain replied
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And my fair daughter to be your own bride
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And we'll sail on the lowland,
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lonesome low,
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We'll sail on the lowland sea.
Well a boy jumped overboard
and away swam he,
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As she sailed on the lowland sea.
Now some was playin' cards
and some was playin' dice,
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As they sailed on the lowland,
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As they sailed on the lowland sea
Now the boy had an auger
just made for the use
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As they sailed in the lowland sea
Some threw their shirts
and some threw their caps
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But he sank in the lowland, low slum, low
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Yes, he sank in the lowland sea
Well, he swam back to ship
and he pounded on his side
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Take me up, I'm a -drifting with the tide
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I'm sinking in the lowland sea
But the Captain would not take him up
and bring him on board
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And he left him in a lowland,
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Yes, he left him in a lowland sea
If it was not for the men
that Cabin Boy did save
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I would sink you in a lowland sea
But the captain hoisted sail
and away sailed he
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He left them in a lowland lonesome low
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Yeah, he left them in a lowland sea
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He left them in a lowland lonesome low
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He left them in a lowland sea
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You
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G Em A C
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