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Here's a dear sweet lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu
I'm a going round the ocean to seek for something new
Come change your ring with me, dear
Girl, come change your ring with me
For it might be a token of true love while I am on the sea
When I am far upon the sea, you know not where I am
Kind letters I will write to you from every foreign land
The secrets of your mind, dear girl, is the best of my goodwill
So let your body be where it will, my heart shall be with you still
There's a heavy storm arising, see how it gathers round
Whilst we poor sailors are on the sea a fighting for the Crown
Our officer commands us and him we must obey
Expecting every moment all to get cast away
There are tinkers, tailors, and shoemakers lie snoring asleep
Whilst we poor souls on the ocean wide
Are all ploughing through the deep
There's nothing to defend us, love, nor keep us from the cold
On the ocean wide where we must bide like jolly seamen bold
And when the wars are all over, there'll be peace on every shore
We will drink to our wives and children and the girls that we adore
We'll call for liquor merrily and we'll spend our money free
And when our money is all gone, we'll boldly go to sea
Written by: Boden Jonathan James, Michael Hough, Spiers John George William
