Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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As I was walking down
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by the Royal Albion
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Bright was the sunshine
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and warm was the day
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I spied a young woman
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wrapped up in white linen
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Wrapped up in white linen
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and cold as the clay
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I asked her what ailed her
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I asked her what failed her
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I asked her the cause of
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all her complaints
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Well, it's all on account
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of a handsome young sailor
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But she then has caused me
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to weep and lament
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When I was a young girl,
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I used to seek pleasure
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When I was a young girl,
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I used to drink ale
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It was out of the alehouse
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an d into the jailhouse
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Right out of the barroom
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and into my grave
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When I was a young girl
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I used to go dashing
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Oh, in my young days
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when I used to be gay
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Down on the docks
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with the handsome young sailors
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Those boys ought to carry me,
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fol low me to my grave
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Mother, oh mother,
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come sit down beside me
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Send for my sister to
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curl my blonde hair
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And tell my brother to play
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the pipes slowly
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And sound the dead march
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as they carry me there
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And send for the minister
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to come and pray for me
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Send for the doc tor al
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though it's too late
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My poor head is aching,
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my sad heart is breaking
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My body's salvating
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and hell is my fate
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