Key: E major
Verse 1
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Oh the gist of it all is the first day
of fall is the day when my ship
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Will set sail
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The best of all friends will say good-bye
again again there's still time for
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One last glass of ale
We'll sail away proudly,
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our backs to the wall on a southwind and lots
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Of good cheer
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And when we've looked over the white cliffs of Dover,
We'll be in Bahama
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Next year
From Bermuda on down the Triangle
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around us will teach us a les son or
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Two
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There's many a mate who unevenyly stated
the course he had charted was
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True
"Don't worry 'bout me," he said "Go down below,
give a certified sailor
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A turn,
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Just sip on your rum or I'll give you my thumb and say,
son you got
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Something t' learn!"
Verse 2
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It's a mighty hard way to come down
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And a mighty fine way to be found
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So hand me my grip from
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an old sailing ship
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Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
With some luck tonight I might
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have her at my fingertips
Verse 3
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Oh the best of all things is the first day
of spring when when the water
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Runs heavy and fast
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The mermaids have all gone to
Davy Jones' Ball
And it seems their first trip
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was their last
They had so much fun
They don't wish to return
To the beach where they
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lay all day long
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They'd rather stay under
And boy it's no wonder
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When all the rock lobsters roll on
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It's a mighty fine way to be found
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Verse 4
Triangle Triangle
Oh see my ship dangle
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We're bound for Bahama my friend
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Like lovers like danger
Like babies like mangers
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But that's where my storybook ends
Like soldiers of fortune, believers in God
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And all kings without crosses to bear
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All sweepers and cleaners
With no misdemeanors
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Should try the triangle out there
Verse 5
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It's a mighty hard way to come down
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And a mighty fine way to be found
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So hand me my grip
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From an old sailing ship
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Put the kiss of dawn on my lips
With some luck tonight
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I might have her at my fingertips
Verse 6
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When she took her last tumble
The sea bottom rumbled
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There was no confusion or blame
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The captain said "Men we must answer
again to the sea so ye may not
Complain"
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And as they lay sleeping
down there in the deep
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With their faces turned up to the stars
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A tuna fish turned
To a mermaid in bed and said
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"There goes another sandbar"
Verse 7
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It's a mighty hard way to come down
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And a mighty fine way to be found
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So hand me my grip
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From an old sailing ship
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Put the kiss of the dawn on my lips
With some luck tonight
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I might have her at my fingertips
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