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T:Sailor's Life, A
Q:1/4=60
B:Oxford Book of Sea Songs, ISBN 0-19-282155-5
S:Henry Hills, Lodsworth,1899
Z:W P Merrick
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:3/4     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Gmix
D G F |G2 A G F G |D2 z 
w:A sail-or's life is a mer-ry life: 
D G F |G2 (A/B/) c d (c/B/) | A3
w:They rob young girls of_ their heart's de-* light,
G/ G/ (A/B/) c |d3 (B/A/) (G/A/) B |c3 
w: Leav-ing them_ be-hind to_ sigh_ and mourn: 
c B G |(FD) C C (D/E/) F | G3 z3 |]
w:They ne-ver know_ when they will_ re-turn