The Golden Vanity

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[Verse 1]
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There was a ship that sailed all on the lowland sea
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And the name of the ship was the Golden Vanity
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And we feared she would be taken by the Spanish enemy
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As she sailed upon the lowland, lowland, lowland
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Sailed upon the lowland sea.


[Verse 2]
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Then up spoke our cabin boy and boldly out spoke he
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And he said to our captain "What will you give to me
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If I swim along the side of the Spanish enemy
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And I sink her in the lowland sea?"
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"Oh I will give you silver and I will give you gold
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And my own fair daughter your bonny bride shall be
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If you'll swim along the side of the Spanish enemy
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And you'll sink her in the lowland, lowland, lowland
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Sink her in the lowland sea


[Verse 3]
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Then the boy he made him ready and overboard sprang he
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And he swam to the side of the Spanish enemy
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With his brace and auger in her side he bored holes three
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And he sank her in the lowland sea
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Then quickly he swam back to the cheering of the crew
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But the captain would not heed him, his promise he did rue
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And he scorned his poor entreatings when loudly he did sue
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And left him in the lowland, lowland, lowland
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Left him in the lowland sea

[Acordian solo]
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[Verse 4]
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Then the boy he turned round and he swam to the port side
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And up to his messmates full bitterly he cried
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"O messmates, draw me up, for I'm drifting with the tide
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And I'm sinking in the lowland, lowland, lowland
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Sinking in the lowland sea"
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Then his messmates drew him up, but on the deck he died
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And they stitched him in a hammock which was so fair and white
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And they low'red him overboard, and he drifted with the tide
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And he sank into the lowland, lowland, lowland
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Sank into the lowland sea


[Verse 5/Outro]
      G                          D              Em
There was a ship that sailed all on the lowland sea
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And the name of the ship was the Golden Vanity
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And we feared she would be taken by the Spanish enemy
       C               D        G  D     Em C
As she sailed upon the lowland, lowland, lowland
C               D       G
Sailed upon the lowland sea.