A Sailor's Life-The Wayfarers

[ti:A Sailor's Life] [ar:The Wayfarers] [al:Take Two] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Sailor's Life - The Wayfarers [00:08.49]A sailor's life it is a merry life [00:13.16] [00:15.02]He robs young girls of their heart's delight [00:20.46] [00:21.16]Leaving them behind to weep and mourn [00:28.74] [00:29.87]They never know when they will return [00:36.16] [00:36.86]"Well there's four and twenty all in a row [00:41.59] [00:43.46]My true love he makes the finest show [00:48.10] [00:49.89]He's proper tall genteel withal [00:56.97] [00:58.50]And if I don't have him I'll have none at all" [01:05.25]"Oh father build for me a bonny boat [01:09.79] [01:12.09]That on the wide ocean I may float [01:17.36] [01:18.76]And every Queen's ship that we pass by [01:27.18]There I'll inquire for my sailor boy" [01:34.23]They had not sailed long upon the deep [01:38.83] [01:41.07]When a Queen's ship they chanced to meet [01:47.54]"You sailors all pray tell me true [01:54.37] [01:55.89]Does my sweet William sail among your crew " [02:02.16] [02:02.91]"Oh no fair maiden he is not here [02:07.35] [02:09.50]For he's been drownded we greatly fear [02:15.71] [02:16.39]On yon green island as we passed it by [02:23.81] [02:24.50]There we lost sight of your sailing boy" [02:29.68] [02:31.46]Well she rung her hands and she tore her hair [02:38.03]She was like a young girl in great despair [02:43.20] [02:45.03]And her little boat against a rock did run [02:50.37] [02:53.30]"How can I live now My sweet William is gone [03:00.48]A sailor's life it is a merry life [03:05.97] [03:06.92]He robs young girls of their hearts' delight [03:13.90]Leaving them behind to weep and mourn [03:21.33] [03:22.37]They never know when they will return