A Sailor's Life-Fairport Convention

[ti:A Sailor's Life] [ar:Fairport Convention] [al:Unhalfbricking] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Sailor's Life - Fairport Convention (公平港口大会) [00:15.82]A sailor's life it is a merry life [00:25.32] [00:28.74]He robs young girls of their heart's delight [00:37.51] [00:40.24]Leaving them behind to weep and mourn [00:49.23] [00:52.94]They never know when they will return [01:00.89] [01:08.40]"Well there's four and twenty all in a row [01:14.68] [01:18.33]My true love he makes the finest show [01:26.57] [01:29.32]He's proper tall genteel withal [01:39.46] [01:42.03]And if I don't have him I'll have none at all" [01:52.76] [01:58.33]"Oh father build for me a bonny boat [02:08.68]That on the wide ocean I may float [02:19.72] [02:22.21]And every Queen's ship that we pass by [02:33.33] [02:34.95]There I'll inquire for my sailor boy" [02:49.86] [03:28.22]They had not sailed long upon the deep [03:39.03]When a Queen's ship they chanced to meet [03:48.80] [03:52.18]"You sailors all pray tell me true [04:01.03] [04:02.82]Does my sweet William sail among your crew " [04:12.43] [04:14.78]"Oh no fair maiden he is not here [04:25.54]For he's been drownded we greatly fear [04:39.86]On yon green island as we passed it by [04:49.39] [04:50.99]There we lost sight of your sailing boy" [05:00.96] [05:02.16]Well she rung her hands and she tore her hair [05:10.83] [05:13.29]She was like a young girl in great despair [05:25.07] [05:27.98]And her little boat against a rock did run [05:37.27] [05:43.90]"How can I live now My sweet William is gone