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[Verse 1]
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I wish I were in London,
                      D
Or some other seaport town
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Set my foot in a steamboat
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And sail the ocean `round.


[Verse 2]
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While sailing on the ocean,
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While sailing on the sea
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
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Wherever she might be.


[Break]
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[Verse 3]
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Remember Handsome Molly
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When you gave me your right hand?
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And you said if you were to marry
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Then I'd be the man.


[Verse 4]
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But now you broke your promise
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Go marry whom you please
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While my poor heart is breaking
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You're going at your ease.


[Break]
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[Verse 5]
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She goes to church on Sunday
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And she passes me on by
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I can tell her mind is changin'
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By the roving of her eye.


[Verse 6]
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Her hair is black as a raven
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Her eyes are black as a crow
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Her cheeks look like linens
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out in the morning glow


[Break]
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[Verse 7]
G
I wish I were in London,
                      D
Or some other seaport town
D
Set my foot in a steamboat
                    G
And sail the ocean `round.


[Verse 8]
G
While sailing on the ocean,
                     D
While sailing on the sea
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
                   G
Wherever she might be.