When He Is Away chords by
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Key: Db major
Verse 1
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I am a sailor's wife in Hartlepool I dwell
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Now my husband thinks I love him
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And so might he well
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But I just can't stand his face
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when he at home does stay
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For the only pleasure that I have is
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When he is away
Oh!
When he is away me loves
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When he is away
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away
There's no comfort at home
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for me while he does stay
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away
I'll wave him off from the town wall
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with a faint teary eye
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Then we'll roll down to the pub house
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and drink the whole place dry
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With all me girls around me,
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we'll toast his sailin' days
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away
When he is away, me loves,
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when he is away
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away
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There's no comfort at home
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for me while he does stay
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away.
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I'll find himself a fancy man
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and with him I will ride.
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We'll roll arm in arm each night
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until the morning's high.
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For me instrument it is me own
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and with it I will play.
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away.
Oh, when he is away, me loves,
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when he is away
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away
There's no comfort at home
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for me while he does stay
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away
For sly jobs I do fancy best,
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like many a sailor's wife.
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Cause if we can't enjoy ourselves,
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then what good are our lives?
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So here's to the girls of Hartlepool
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who never rule the day.
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away.
Oh, when he is away,
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me loves, when he is away.
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when He is away.
There's no comfort at home
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for me while He does stay.
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when He is away.
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Oh, when He is away,
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beloved, when He is away.
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when He is away.
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There's no comfort at home
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for me while He does stay
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when He is away
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Oh, when He is away,
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me loves, when He is away
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when He is away
There's no comfort at home
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for me while He does stay
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For the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away
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Oh, the only pleasure that I have
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is when he is away
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