Sailor boy
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1. It was on one dark and stormy night, the snow was on the ground
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the
sailor boy was at his post, his ship was outward bound.
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His sweetheart standing by his
side, she mourned a bitter tear,
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though
as he pressed her to his side, he whispered in her ear.
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Farewell, my own true love, this parting gives me pain,
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and you will be my guiding star
till I return again.
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2. And then I think of you, my love, while storms are raging high,
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then,
oh, sweetheart, remember me, your faithful sailor boy !
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It was sad to say the ship
returned without the sailor boy,
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for
he had died while on the sea, his flag was held most high.
+ CHORUS +
instrumental = CHORUS
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3. And as his shipmate steps on shore to tell that he was dead,
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the
letter that he gave to her, these words it sadly read.
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Farewell, my own true love, on earth we'll meet no more,
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so may we meet in heaven above,
where parting is no more !
(orig. = capo 1st) (The Carter
Family)