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John Barbour
Great Big Sea
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John Barbour
by Great Big Sea
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What ails you my daughter dear
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your eyes are so dim
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have you had any sore sickness
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or yet been sleeping with a man
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I have not had any sore sickness
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but I know what's ailing me
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I thinking of my own true love
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he plows the raging sea
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he plows the raging sea
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be he a lord or a duke or a knight
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or a man of wealth of fame
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or is he one of my sailor lads
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come tell me now his name
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he is no lord or a duke or knight
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or a man of wealth and fame
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he is one of your sailor lads
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and john barbour is his name
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now if John Barbour is his name
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a lowly sailor man is he
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and if John Barbor is his name
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then hanged he will be
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than hanged he will be
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the king he calls his sailors all
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by one by two by three
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John Barbour was the first he called
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but the last came was he
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when he came a trippin down
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he was clothed in all in white
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his hair were like the roses red
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and his teeth were ivory brite
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he paid their wages with a smile
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when John Barbour he did see
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if i was a woman if I were a man
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then bedfellows we would be
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will you marry my daughter Jane
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and take her by the hand
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will you come and dine with me
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take charge of all my land
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I will marry your daughter Jane
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and I'll take her by the hand
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I will come and dine with you
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but to hell with all your lands
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if you can give her one gold piece
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then I can give her three
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for I am bold John Barbour
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and I plow the raging sea
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I plow the raging sea
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I plow the raging sea
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