Shanty Town Sharon

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There once was a fisherman father 
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who lived way down by the seashore.
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He dwelled in a broken down shanty 
where planks made a living room 
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floor.
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But he had the prettiest daughter 
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that ever had lived at the cove,
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The topic of male conversation, 
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the seven seas over by jove.


[Verse 2]

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And every young man that went 
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fishing way out on the sea waters 
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high
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Can say that she told them she 
loved them, they loved her and for 
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her they'd die.
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But oh this young queen was a wild
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 one. She tried to brand every 
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man's heart.
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She never would listen to Daddy so
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 you see how she got a bad start.


[Verse 3]

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Her mother's last words to her 
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father when she died ten long years
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 ago,
"Be good, Dear, to your loving 
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daughter. Don't ever be harsh to 
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her, Joe."
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But how many times since that 
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parting has she been led far astray?
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And how many nights in a barroom 
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has she drank the wee hours away?


[Verse 4]

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How many drunken men hollered and
 fought for their lives for her 
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smile?
She'd mark a man's face for a 
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lifetime with a knife or a 
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fingernail file.
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She had as much courage as beauty,
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 snd in her dark eyes there was war.
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And if any man doubted her daring,
 she'd sail where the white waters 
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roar.


[Verse 5]

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She became known as Shanty Town 
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Sharon, then came the death of her 
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dad.
She'd built her own ship by the 
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seashore, and here's the wild 
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notion she had.
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She made her way down to the 
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barroom to challenge all fisherman 
bold.
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I know that you've all heard the 
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legend about the reef only devils 
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do hold.


[Verse 6]

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"Now if no man will sail to my 
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starboard, I'll cross that great 
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reef all alone."
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Her pretty dark eyes became wilder 
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while outside the ocean did groan.
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She took her last drink and 
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departed to sail where those reef 
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waters roar.
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But 'twas tragic how poor Sharon's 
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body next morning washed up on the 
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shore.