The Sailor's Mistress, Part One chords by Ezmay Grace

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Verse 1
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Many a year ago in a bay
Where the Cornish waves would break
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Lived a girl who went by the name
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Of Roseanne Wynne, Melwyn May
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She was the fairest maid in the town
Every lad had knelt on the ground
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To ask for her hand in sacred vow
But her heart was already bound
She loved her a boy
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who was bound for the sea
For his father was a sailor,
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so would he be
And although his heart lay with hers in that
You said love's the seagulls
and so I must wait
No you can't live up for love
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for it don't make a  living
I belong on this boat
with the sails and the riggings
You're the prettiest petal
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that I have ever seen
But my heart's half with you
and half with the sea
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But my love, rose and wind
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replied through her tears
We've been courting for over a year
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Won't you wed me right
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now and right here
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I'll be forever yours, my dear
Rose and wind, my sweet, although
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I am so fond of your ocean blue eyes
and your hair long and blonde.
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I cannot wed you for the sea calls to me
and miss you too strong
if my wife you would be.
I've a name to uphold of that name
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I am proud see salt in my bloodstream
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and sweat on my brow
but if you find that you miss
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me with all of your
Look north on your compass,
I'll be under that star
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So away, roads and winds loved its sail
Left her heart so lonesome and frail
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Tears poured down her cheeks,
fair and pale
How could love so mighty fail?
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The pull of the sea was stronger than she
For the ocean was his mistress
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as cruel as can be
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And though leaving his lady
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made him want to weep
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The sea had his soul,
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and his soul she would keep