Judy Collins – Sailors Life (Guitar)

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[Intro] D [Chorus]

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Oh, a sailor's life is a weary life

       C                 D
For he robs the girls of their delight

Causes them to weep, causes them to mourn

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Loss of a true love, never to return

[Verse 1]

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Oh father, father build me a boat

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And on the world's oceans I will float

Hail each captain as I pass by

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There I'll ask for my sailor boy

[Verse 2]

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Oh captain, captain tell me true

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Does my own Willie sail with you?

Tell me soon to give me joy

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None will I have but my sailor boy

[Verse 3]

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Oh no, kind lady, he's not here

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He drowned in the gulf and we buried him there

Upon the island as we passed by

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There we left your sailor boy

[Verse 4]

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Oh, she rung her hands and tore her hair

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Just like some lady in great despair

Called for a chair to sit her down

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Penningdon for to write it down

[Verse 5]

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Oh, dig my grave wide and deep

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Put a marble stone at the head and feet

On my grave a turtle dove

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Tell the world I died for my love

[Chorus]

      C                  D
Oh, a sailor's life is a weary life

       C                 D
For he robs the girls of their delight

Causes them to weep, causes them to mourn

G                    D
Loss of a true love, never to return