A Sailor's Life-Various Artists/Donal O'Connor

[ti:A Sailor's Life] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Rough Guide To Irish Music] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Sailor's Life - Various Artists (欧美群星)/Donal O'Connor [00:19.30]A sailor's life it is a merry life [00:23.29] [00:24.18]He robs young girls of their heart's delight [00:27.84] [00:28.54]Leaving them behind to weep and mourn [00:31.90] [00:32.66]And never know when they will return [00:36.88]"Well there's four and twenty all in a row [00:41.26] [00:41.97]My true love he makes the finest show [00:45.03] [00:46.33]He's proper tall genteel withal [00:50.10]And if I don't have him I'll have none at all" [00:54.31] [00:54.95]"Oh father build for me a bonny boat [00:59.32] [00:59.83]That on the wide ocean I may float [01:04.57]And every ship that we pass by [01:07.96]There I'll inquire for my sailor boy" [01:12.16] [01:13.11]They had not sailed long upon the deep [01:18.14]When a Queen's ship they chanced to meet [01:21.53] [01:22.23]"You sailors all pray tell me true [01:25.98]Does my sweet William sail among your crew " [01:30.87] [01:48.32]"Oh no fair maiden he is not here [01:53.32]For he's been drownded we greatly fear [01:57.69]On yon green island as we passed it by [02:01.70]There we lost sight of your sailing boy" [02:06.26]Well she rung her hands and she tore her hair [02:10.69] [02:11.30]She was like a young girl in great despair [02:15.35]And her little boat against a rock did run [02:19.69]"How can I live now My sweet William is gone