A Sailor's Life-Sheila Chandra

[ti:A Sailor's Life] [ar:Sheila Chandra] [al:Zen Kiss] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Sailor's Life - Sheila Chandra [00:12.01]A sailor's life it is a merry life [00:19.51] [00:22.26]He robs young girls of their heart's delight [00:29.00] [00:30.38]Leaving them behind to weep and mourn [00:39.33] [00:40.64]They never know when they will return [00:45.88] [00:46.94]"Well there's four and twenty all in a row [00:54.95] [00:56.14]My true love he makes the finest show [01:02.20] [01:03.20]He's proper tall genteel withal [01:10.46] [01:11.20]And if I don't have him I'll have none at all" [01:19.88]"Oh father build for me a bonny boat [01:28.48]That on the wide ocean I may float [01:36.22] [01:37.09]And every Queen's ship that we pass by [01:42.95] [01:45.57]There I'll inquire for my sailor boy" [01:52.63] [01:53.44]They had not sailed long upon the deep [02:01.74] [02:02.49]When a Queen's ship they chanced to meet [02:08.67] [02:09.42]"You sailors all pray tell me true [02:17.79]Does my sweet William sail among your crew " [02:25.61] [02:26.17]"Oh no fair maiden he is not here [02:36.41] [02:37.35]For he's been drownded we greatly fear [02:46.14]On yon green island as we passed it by [02:53.57] [02:54.13]There we lost sight of your sailing boy" [03:01.43] [03:02.43]Well she rung her hands and she tore her hair [03:10.87]She was like a young girl in great despair [03:21.48] [03:22.16]And her little boat against a rock did run [03:31.88]"How can I live now My sweet William is gone [03:42.13] [03:43.37]A sailor's life it is a merry life [03:53.42]He robs young girls of their heart's delight [03:59.67] [04:00.78]Leaving them behind to weep and mourn [04:10.03]They never know when they will return