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While on her starry way

[Verse 1]

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I see her pearly decks, my love
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Set in with diamond specks, my love
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I see her pearly mast, my love
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Far from her seashell past
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And softly does she sway
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While on her starry way

[Verse 2]

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Of silk they have been spun, my love
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Her ropes that limply run, my love
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Down to her carved prow, my love
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Down to her mermaid prow
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And gently does she sway
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While on her starry way

[Verse 3]

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She seems to linger long, my love
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As if spelled by a song, my love
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But know she tarries not, my love
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Her journey unforgot
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She makes her starry way
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She makes her starry way

[Verse 4]

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All in the sea of sky, my love
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The moonships sail and fly, my love
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And many are their kind, my love
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Though all need but one wind
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To make their starry ways
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To make their starry ways

[Verse 5]

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And there will come a time, my love
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Oh, may it be in mine, my love
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When men will proudly rise, my love
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And board to sail the skies
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Moonships from all the spheres
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Moonships from all the spheres

[Verse 6]

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The men be bathed in light, my love
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The women clothed in white, my love
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All in that wonderous fleet, my love
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As each the other meets
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Will smile and softly sing
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Will smile and softly sing

[Verse 7]

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And on some distant sand, my love
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The ships will gently land, my love
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Fair folk will meet them there, my love
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With flowing golden hair
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And great will be their joy
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And great will be their joy

[Outro]
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The moon is like a boat, my love
N.C.
Of lemon peel afloat, my love
N.C.
And with a sail of gauze, my love
N.C.
She seems to slightly pause