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The Milkmaid by The Longest Johns

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Key: A

Verse 1:
A                            E
I love a woman and she loves me
 A
(Heave away)
 A                          E
She belongs to the rolling sea
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
 
A                            E
Though she's made me many a pound
 A
(Heave away)
A                               E
I had no choice but to cut her down
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
 
Chorus:
A
Cast her away, brave boys
                                    E
We'll find another when we've been paid
              A
But there'll never be another craft
                E         A
Like the crafty old Milkmaid

Verse 2:
A                               E
She was crammed with a liquid gold
 A
(Heave away)
A                          E
Never was a finer cargo stowed
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
A                                E
Kegs and bottles all locked up tight
 A
(Heave away)
A                                       E
And another one to get us through the night
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
 
Chorus:
A
Cast her away, brave boys
                                    E
We'll find another when we've been paid
              A
But there'll never be another craft
                E         A
Like the crafty old Milkmaid
 
Verse 3:
A                                       E
We filled our pockets and we never got caught
 A
(Heave away)
A                                      E
And emptied them again at the nearest port
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
A                                       E
Find us a buyer and we'll find a way through
 A
(Heave away)
A                                       E
Leave it to the Maid and her fearless crew
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
 
Chorus:
A
Cast her away, brave boys
                                    E
We'll find another when we've been paid
              A
But there'll never be another craft
                E         A
Like the crafty old Milkmaid
 
Verse 4:
A                                E
Through the glass of a customs come
 A
(Heave away)
A                                          E
We'll never let the king's men steal our rum
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
A                                    E
Scuttle the hull, kiss the Maid goodbye
 A
(Heave away)
A                                  E
I never thought I'd see the bos'n cry
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
 
Chorus:
A
Cast her away, brave boys
                                    E
We'll find another when we've been paid
              A
But there'll never be another craft
                E         A
Like the crafty old Milkmaid
 
Verse 5:
A                                         E
Now we're hiding in the tavern among the kegs
 A
(Heave away)
A                                    E
Drinking all day trying to wet our legs
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
A                                       E
Though our next ship may be strong and true
 A
(Heave away)
N.C.
(We'll always be the Milkmaid's crew!)
 A          E    A
(Heave and haul away)
 
Chorus:
A
Cast her away, brave boys
                                    E
We'll find another when we've been paid
              A
But there'll never be another craft
                E         A
Like the crafty old Milkmaid