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Domeama
Martin Carthy
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As Jack went out walking all on a fine day
A squire and his lady came a-walking that way
Jack heard him to the lady say
"Tonight with you, love, I mean to lay
With me do, me ama dee, me ama do, me ama day"
"Just tie the string all around your finger
And let the other end dangle down from your window
And I'll come by, and I'll pull the string
And you come down, love, and let me in
With me do, me ama dee, me ama do, me ama day"
Jack says to himself, "I've a mind for to try
And see if a poor sailor, he can't win that prize"
So Jack walked by and he pulled the string
And she come down and she let old Jack in
With his do, me ama dee, me ama do, me ama day
Now the squire he came a-riding, he was singing a song
He was thinking to himself how it wouldn't be long
But when he got to the window, no string he found
And behold his hopes was all dashed to the ground
And his do, me ama dee, me ama do, me ama day
It was early next morning, it was just getting light
The lady sat up with a terrible fright
For there lay Jack in his tarry old shirt
And behold, his face was all covered in dirt
And his do, me ama dee, me ama do, me ama day
"Oh what do you want, oh, you tarry sailor
A-stealing in a lady's chamber to steal her treasure?"
"Oh no," says Jack, "I just pulled your string
And you come down love and let me in
With me do, me ama dee, me ama do, me ama day"
Jack says to the lady, "Your pardon I pray
And I'll steal away very quiet at the break of the day"
"Oh no," she says, "don't you go too far
For I never will part from me jolly Jack Tar"
And his do, me ama dee, me ama do, me ama day
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