Home Boys Home

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There was an apprentice, lived in 
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Strawberry Lane
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She was loved by her master and 
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her mistress the same
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Until a young sailor came sailing 
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o'er the sea
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And that was the start of her misery


[VERSE 2:]
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This young maid being an urfin, she
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 thought it no harm
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For to go into bed for to keep his
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 back warm
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He hugged her and he kissed her 
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and he called her his 'Dear'
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Saying, "I wish that this night 
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were as long as a year"


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[VERSE 3:]
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It was early next morning the 
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sailor arose
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And into her apron he put handfuls
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 of gold
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Saying, "Take this and keep it for
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 the wrong that I have done
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For this night I may have left you
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 with a daughter or a son"


[VERSE 4:]
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"And if it be a girl child, dandle
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 her on yer knee
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And if it be a male child, call 
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him after me
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And when he is a man, you can 
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dress him up in blue
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And he'll skip up the rigging like
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 his daddy used to do


[CHORUS:]

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And it's home boys home, and it's 
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home I'd like to be
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It's home for awhile in my own 
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country
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Where the Oak and the Ash and the 
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bonny Elm tree
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They are all growing green in my 
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own country