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Title
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Skipper and his child
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Singer
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Unknown
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
The seas ran high and the winds blew wild,
When the skipper called to his only child -
'O merrily over the waves so high
We'll ride together, my father and I.
O merrily over the waves so high
We'll ride together, my father and I.'
Verse 2
Mother will watch from the door and pray
For us both, dear father, till break of day;
And she'll be the first, when her prayer is done,
To catch sight of the sail neath the morning sun.
And she'll be the first, when her prayer is done,
To catch sight of the sail neath the morning sun.
Verse 3
She's watching, watching, but never more
Will that gallant skipper return to shore.
The boy's black handkerchief lies on the sands
That was tied round his neck with her parting hands.
The boy's black handkerchief lies on the sands
That was tied round his neck with her parting hands.
Verse 4
And that doth of the skipper remain
Is the compass he never will see again.
But now she knows on the jasper sea
They ride together, her boy and he.
But now she knows on the jasper sea
They ride together, her boy and he.
