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Jack A Roe
Dead & Company
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There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell
He had a beautiful daughter, truth to you I'll tell
Whoa, truth to you I'll tell
She had sweethearts a-plenty, men of high degree
None like Jack a-sailing, her true love there could be
Whoa, her true love there could be
But Jackie's gone a-sailing, with trouble on his mind
He left his beautiful country and his darling girl behind
Oh, his darling girl behind
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She went to a tailor shop, dressed in man's array
Climbed on board a vessel to carry her away
Oh, oh, to carry her away
"Before you get on board, sir, your name I'd like to know"
Call me in her countenance, "They call me Jack-a-roe"
Oh, they call me Jack-a-roe
"I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small
Your cheeks too red and rosy, to catch the cannonball"
Oh, to face the cannonball
"I know my waist is slender, my fingers they are small
But it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall"
Oh, to see ten thousand fall
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The war soon being over, she went and looked around
Amongst the dead and dying, her darling boy she found
Oh, her darling boy she found
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She picked him up on in her arms, carried him into town
She sent for a physician, who quickly healed his wounds
Oh, who quickly healed his wounds
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This couple they got married, so well they did agree
This couple they got married, so why not you and me?
Oh, why not you and me?
Oh, why not you and me?
Oh, why not you and me?
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