Intro 
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Verse 
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There was a wealthy merchant 
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In London he did dwell 
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He had a beautiful daughter 
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The truth to you I'll tell 
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Oh, the truth to you I'll tell 

Verse 
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She had sweethearts a-plenty 
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And men of high degree 
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But none but Jack the sailor 
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Her true love ere could be 
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Oh, her true love ere could be 

Verse 
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Jack he's gone a-sailing 
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With trouble on his mind 
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He's left his king and his country 
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And his darling girl behind 
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Oh, his darling girl behind 

Instrumental 
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Verse 
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She went down to a tailor's shop 
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And dressed in men's array 
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She's signed a bill of passage 
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To convey herself away 
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Ohh, convey herself away 

Verse 
  Bm              Gbm 
Before you get on board, Sir 
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Your name we'd like to know 
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She smiled all in her countenance 
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They call me Jack-a-Roe 
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Ohh, they call me Jack-a-Roe 

Bridge 
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"I see your waist is slender 
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Your fingers they are small 
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Your cheeks too red and rosy 
Bm 
To face the cannonball" 
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"I know my waist is slender 
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And my fingers they are small 
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But it would not make me tremble 
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To see ten thousand fall 
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To see them fall" 

Verse 
    Dm             Am 
The war soon being over 
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She went and looked around 
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Among the dead and wounded 
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Her darling boy she found 
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Oh, her darling boy she found 

Verse 
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She picked him up all in her arms 
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And carried him to the town 
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She sent for a physician 
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Who quickly healed his wounds 
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Oh, who quickly healed his wounds 

Verse 
                     Am 
This couple they got married 
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So well they did agree 
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This couple they got married 
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So why not you and me? 
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Oh, why not you and me?