X:1 %Music T:Sweet William B:Broadwood, Lucy, 1893, English Country Songs, Leadenhall Press, London S:Mrs Harley, Bewdley Z:Lucy Broadwood F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs M:3/4 %Meter L:1/8 % K:G D G A |B2 d B c c/ c/ |B3 G/ G/ A B |(cA) (FD) G | G2 z w:O fa-ther, fa-ther, come build me a boat, That on this wild o-*cean_ I may float, D G A |B2 d3/2 B/ c c |B3 G A B |(cA) F D G G | G3 |] w:And ev-'ry ship that I chance to meet I will en-quire_ for my Will-iam sweet.