Steeleye Span – There Was A Wealthy Merchant (Guitar)

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There was a wealthy merchant

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In London he did dwell

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He had a beautiful daughter

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The truth to you I'll tell

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Oh, the truth to you I'll tell

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She had sweethearts a-plenty

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And men of high degree

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But none but Jack the sailor

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Her true love ere could be

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Oh, her true love ere could be

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Jack he's gone a-sailing

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With trouble on his mind

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He's left his king and his country

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And his darling girl behind

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Oh, his darling girl behind

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She went down to a tailor's shop

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And dressed in men's array

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She's signed a bill of passage

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To convey herself away

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Ohh, convey herself away

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Before you get on board, Sir

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Your name we'd like to know

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She smiled all in her countenance

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They call me Jack-a-Roe

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Ohh, they call me Jack-a-Roe

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"I see your waist is slender

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Your fingers they are small

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Your cheeks too red and rosy

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To face the cannonball"

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"I know my waist is slender

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And my fingers they are small

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But it would not make me tremble

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To see ten thousand fall

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To see them fall"

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The war soon being over

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She went and looked around

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Among the dead and wounded

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Her darling boy she found

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Oh, her darling boy she found

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She picked him up all in her arms

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And carried him to the town

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She sent for a physician

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Who quickly healed his wounds

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Oh, who quickly healed his wounds

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This couple they got married

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So well they did agree

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This couple they got married

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So why not you and me?

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Oh, why not you and me?