Steeleye Span - Saucy sailor
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
F C F Dm7
C F C
C Bb F Bb
C Bb F Bb
C F C Bb F Bb
[Verse]
Come me Cown one, come me fair one
CCome now unto me
Could you Ffancy a poor Csailor lad
Who has just come Bbfrom Fsea Bb
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You are Cragged, love, and you're dirty, love
CAnd your clothes smell much of tar
So be Fgone you saucy Csailor lad
So be gone you BbJack FTar Bb
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If I am Cragged, love, and I'm dirty, love
CAnd me clothes smell much of tar
I have Fsilver in me Cpocket, love
And gold in Bbgreat Fstore Bb
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And then Cwhen she heard him say so
COn her bended knees she fell
I will Fmarry my dear CHenry
For I love a sailor Bblad so Fwell Bb
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Do you Cthink that I am foolish, love
CDo you think that I am mad
For to Fwed with a poor Ccountry girl
Where no fortune's Bbto be Fhad? Bb
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I will Ccross the briny ocean
CI will whistle and sing
And since Fyou have refused the Coffer, love
Some other girl shall Bbwear the Fring Bb
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Oh, I am Cfrolicsome, but I am easy
CGood tempered and free
And I Fdon't give a single Cpin me boys
What the world thinks Bbof Fme