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[Verse 1] Upon one summmer's morning, I carelessly did stray, e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1-----------------1--3--3--4--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay, e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|-----------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| Conversing with a young lass, who seem'd to be in pain e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Saying WIlliam, when you go, I fear you will ne'er return again e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Chorus] My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Verse 2] His hair it hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal, e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1-----------------1--3--3--4--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| May happiness attend him wherever he may go, e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--3--4--1--1--1-----------------0--3--0--1--| D|-----------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| From Tower Hill to Blackwall, I'll wander, weep and moan, e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| All for my jolly sailor until he sails home. e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Chorus] My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Verse 3] My father is a merchant - The truth I now will tell, e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1-----------------1--3--3--4--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| And in great London City in opulence doth dwell, e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--3--4--1--1--1-----------------0--3--0--1--| D|-----------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| His fortune doth exceed three-hundred-thousand gold, e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| And he frowns upon his daughter, 'cause she loves a sailor bold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Interlude] A fig for his riches, his merchandize, and gold, e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| True love is grafted in my heart; give me my sailor bold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Chorus] My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Interlude] Should he return in pov'rty, from o'er the ocean far, e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| To my tender bosom, I'll fondly press my jolly tar. e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Verse 4] My sailor is as smiling as the pleasant month of May, e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1-----------------1--3--3--4--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| And often we have wandered through Ratcliffe Highway, e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--3--4--1--1--1-----------------0--3--0--1--| D|-----------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Many a pretty blooming young girl we diid behold, e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Reclining on the bosom of her jolly sailor bold. e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Chorus] My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Verse 5] My name it is Maria, a merchant's daughter fair, e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1-----------------1--3--3--4--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| And I have left my parents and three thousand pounds a year e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--3--4--1--1--1-----------------0--3--0--1--| D|-----------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Who love a jolly sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| While up aloft, in storm or gale, from me his absense mourn, e|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1-----------------1--3--3--4--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|-----------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------| And firmly pray, arrive the day, he home will safe return. e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--3--4--1--1--1-----------------0--3--0--1--| D|-----------------------2--1-----1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| [Chorus] My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------4--4--4--5--4--------------------------| G|--1--3--4-----------------4--3--1--1--3--3--3--4--| D|--------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------| There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--1--3--4--1--1--1--------------------0--3--0--1--| D|--------------------2--1-----1--1--1--------------| A|--------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------|