Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Key: G#m
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse 1:
Upon one summmer's morning, I carelessly did stray,
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Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay,
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Conversing with a young lass, who seem'd to be in pain,
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Saying William, when you go, I fear you will ne'er return again.
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Chorus:
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
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There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
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Verse 2:
His hair it hangs in ringlets, his eyes as black as coal,
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May happiness attend him wherever he may go,
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From Tower Hill to Blackwall, I'll wander, weep and moan,
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All for my jolly sailor until he sails home.
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Chorus:
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
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There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
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Verse 3:
My father is a merchant - The truth I now will tell,
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And in great London City in opulence doth dwell,
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His fortune doth exceed three-hundred-thousand gold,
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And he frowns upon his daughter, 'cause she loves a sailor bold.
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Interlude 1:
A fig for his riches, his merchandize, and gold,
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True love is grafted in my heart; give me my sailor bold.
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Chorus:
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
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There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
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Interlude 2:
Should he return in pov'rty, from o'er the ocean far,
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To my tender bosom, I'll fondly press my jolly tar.
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Verse 4:
My sailor is as smiling as the pleasant month of May,
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And often we have wandered through Ratcliffe Highway,
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Many a pretty blooming young girl we diid behold,
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Reclining on the bosom of her jolly sailor bold.
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Chorus:
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
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There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
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Verse 5:
My name it is Maria, a merchant's daughter fair,
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And I have left my parents and three thousand pounds a year
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Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be,
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Who love a jolly sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea,
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While up aloft, in storm or gale, from me his absense mourn,
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And firmly pray, arrive the day, he home will safe return.
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Chorus:
My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
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There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
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My heart is pierced by Cupid, I disdain all glittering gold,
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There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.
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