Faithful Sailor Boy

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[Verse 1]
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It was a stormy winter's night, the snow lay on the ground
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A sailor boy stood on the quay his ship was outward bound
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His sweetheart standing by his side shed many a silent tear
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And as he pressed her to his breast he whispered in her ear

[Chorus]
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Farewell farewell my own true love this parting brings me pain
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I'll be your own true guiding star when I return again
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My thoughts shall be of you, of you when the storms are raging high
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So fare ye well, remember me your faithful sailor boy.

[Verse 2]
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Without a gale the ship set sail he kissed his love goodbye
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She watched the craft til out of sight and a tear bedimmed her eye
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She prayed to Him in heaven above to guide him on his way
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His last and loving words that night re-echoed o'er the bay.

[Chorus]
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Farewell farewell my own true love this parting brings me pain
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I'll be your own true guiding star when I return again
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My thoughts shall be of you, of you when the storms are raging high
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So fare ye well, remember me your faithful sailor boy.

[Verse 3]
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But sad to say the ship returned without her sailor boy
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He died whilst on the voyage back, the flag twas half-mast high
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And when his comrades came ashore they told her he was dead
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A letter he had sent to her, and the last line sadly read

[Chorus]
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Farewell, farewell my own true love, on Earth we'll meet no more
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I soon shall be from storm and sea on that eternal shore
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I hope to meet you in that land, that land beyond the sky
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Where you shall not be parted from your faithful sailor boy