Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy

Here's adieu sweet lovely Nancy
Ten thousand times adieu
I am going over the ocean wide
To look for something new
Come change a ring with me dear girl
Come change a ring with me
That it might be a token of true love
While I am on the sea

And when I'm far out on the sea
You will know not where I am
Kind letters I will write to you
From every foreign land
The secret of my heart dear girl
Is the best of my goodwill
So let my body be where it might
My heart will be with you still

There's a heavy storm a-rising
See how it gathers round
While we poor souls on the ocean wide
Are fighting for the crown
There's nothing to protect us love
or to keep us from the cold
On the ocean wide where we must fight
Like jolly seaman bold

There are tinkers tailors and shoemakers
Lie snoring fast asleep
While we poor souls on the ocean wide
Are plowing through the deep
Our officers commandsd us
And to them we must obey
Expecting every moment for to get cast away

And when these wars are all over
They'll be peace on every shore
We'll return to our wives and our families
And the girls that we adore
We'll call for liquor heartily and spend our money free
And when our money it is all gone
We will boldly go to sea

Part of the Dogwatch Nautical Band Site at http://www.well.com/user/cwj/dogwatch/.

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