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Upon one summer'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 bouncing 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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His hair it does in ringlets hang, his eyes as black as sloes,
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May happiness attend him wherever he goes,
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From Tower Hill, down to Blackwall, I will wander, weep and moan,
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All for my jolly sailor bold, until he does return.
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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 ₤300,000 in gold,
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And he frowns upon his daughter, 'cause she loves a sailor bold.
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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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Should he return in poverty, 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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My sailor is as smiling as the pleasant month of May,
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And oft we have wandered through Ratcliffe Highway,
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Where many a pretty blooming girl we happy did behold,
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Reclining on the bosom of her jolly sailor bold.
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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 absence mourn,
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And firmly pray, arrive the day, he home will safe return.
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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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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.