The Irish Rovers – My Boy Willie (Guitar)

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It was early, early* in the spring

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When my love Willy went to serve the king

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And all that vexed him or grieved his mind

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Was the leavin' of his dear girl behind

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Oh, father dear, built me a boat

            Cm            F
That on the ocean I might float

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And view** the ships, as they pass me by

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And to inquire, of my sailor boy

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She had not sailed long in the deep

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When a fine ships crew, she changed to meet

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And of the captain she inquired to (?)

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Does my love Willy sail on board with you?

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What sort of lad, is your Willy fair?

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What sort of clothes does your Willy wear?

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He wears a coat of royal blue

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And you'll easily know him, for his heart is true

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If that's your Willy, he is not here

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I doubt he's drowned, as we do fear

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't was at yonder green island, as we passed by

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It was there we lost a fine sailor boy

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****Oh, dig my grave long, wide, and deep

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Put a marble stone at my head and feet

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And in the middle, a turtle dove

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So the whole world knows, that I die(d) for love