Home Boys Home

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Well who wouldn't be a sailor 
lad,sailing on the main,
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To gain the good will of his 
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captain's good name,
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He came ashore one evening for to 
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be,
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And that was the beginning of me 
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old true love and me.

[Chorus]
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And it's home boys home,home I'd 
like to be,
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Home for a while in me own country,
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Where the Oak and the Ash,and the 
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bonny Rowan tree,
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Are all growing greener in the 
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old country.

[Verse 2]
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Well I asked her for a candle for to
 light me way to bed,
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And likewise for a handkerchief to 
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tie around me head,
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She tended to me needs like a 
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young maid aught to do,
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And then I said to her now would 
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you leap in with me too.

[Chorus]
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And it's home boys home,home I'd 
like to be,
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Home for a while in me own country,
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Where the Oak and the Ash,and the 
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bonny Rowan tree,
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Are all growing greener in the 
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old country.

[Verse 3]
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Well she jumped into bed making no 
alarm,
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Thinking a young sailor lad could 
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do to her no harm,
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Well I hugged her and I kissed her
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 the whole night long,
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Till she wished the short 
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night,had been seven years long.

[Chorus]
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And it's home boys home,home I'd 
like to be,
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Home for a while in me own country,
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Where the Oak and the Ash,and the 
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bonny Rowan tree,
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Are all growing greener in the 
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old country.

[Verse 4]
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Well early next morning the sailor 
lad arose,
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And into Mary's apron threw a 
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handful of gold,
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Saying take this me dear for the 
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mischief that I've done,
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For tonight I fear I've left you 
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with a daughter or a son.

[Chorus]
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And it's home boys home,home I'd 
like to be,
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Home for a while in me own country,
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Where the Oak and the Ash,and the 
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bonny Rowan tree,
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Are all growing greener in the 
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old country.

[Verse 5]
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Well if it be a girl child send her 
out to nurse,
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With gold in her pocket and silver
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 in her purse,
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And if it be a boy child,he'll 
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wear the jacket blue,
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And go climbing up the riggin like
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 his daddy used to do.

[Chorus]
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And it's home boys home,home I'd 
like to be,
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Home for a while in me own country,
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Where the Oak and the Ash,and the 
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bonny Rowan tree,
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Are all growing greener in the 
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old country.

[Verse 6]
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Oh come all of you fair maidens, a 
warning take by me,
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And never let a sailor lad an inch
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 above your knee,
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For I trusted one and he beguiled 
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me,
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He left me with a pair of twins to
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 dangle on me knee.