Seven Long Years-
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My Billy sails on board a tender
And where he's bound I do not know
For seven long years I've been constantly waiting
Since he's crossed the Bay of Biscay, oh
One night as Mary lay a-sleeping
A knock came to her bedroom door
"Awake, arise, oh my loving Mary
To catch one glimpse of your Billy, oh"
So Mary rose and she put on her clothes
And from the bedroom she did go
There she spied her own true lover
And his two cheeks were as white as snow
"Oh, Billy dear, where are those blushes?
Where are those blushes I used to know?"
"Mary dear, the cold clay has changed them
And I'm just the ghost of your Willie, oh"
"Now, my love, I must be going
For now the cock's begin to crow"
As she saw him disappearing
Right down her cheeks the tears did flow
"If I had all the gold in Spain
And all the money in Mexico
I'd give it all to the King of England
To bring me back my Willie, oh"
My Billy sails on board a tender
And where he's bound I do not know
For seven long years I've been constantly waiting
Since he's crossed the Bay of Biscay, oh