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There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell, 
  
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He had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you we'll tell, 
  
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Oh, the truth to you we'll tell. 

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She had sweethearts a-plenty and men of high degree, 

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But none but Jack the sailor her true love ever be, 

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Oh, her true love ever be. 
  
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Jackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind, 

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He's left his native country and his darling girl behind, 

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Oh, his darling girl behind. 

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She went down to a tailor shop and dressed in man's array, 

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She climbed aboard a vessel and conveyed herself away, 

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Oh, conveyed herself away. 

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Before you get on board, sir, our name we'd like to know, 

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She smiled on her countenance, they call me Jack-a-Roe, 

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Oh, they call me Jack-a-Roe. 

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I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small, 

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Your cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball, 

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Oh to face the cannonball. 

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I know my waist's too slender, my fingers they are small, 

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But it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall, 

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Oh to see ten thousand fall. 
  
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The war soon being over she went and looked around, 

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Among the dead and wounded her darling boy she found, 

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Oh her darling boy she found. 
  
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She picked him up on in her arms and carried him to town, 

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She sent for a physician to quickly heal his wounds, 

Am            E        Am    
Oh to quickly heal his wounds. 
  
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This couple they got married, so well did they agree, 

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This couple they got married, so why not you and me? 

Am         E       Am 
Oh why not you and me?