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Title
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Adieu my lovely Nancy
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Singer
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Unknown
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
Adieu my lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu.
I'm a going to cross the ocean, for to seek for something new.
Come change a ring with me, dear girl, come, change a ring with me,
And that shall be a token when I am on the sea.
Verse 2
When I am on the sea dear girl, and you know not where I am,
Letters I will send to you, from every foreign land.
With the secrets of my heart, dear girl, and the best of my goodwill,
And let my body be where it may, my heart is with you still.
Verse 3
And whilst we jolly sailors are fighting for the crown,
There's a heavy storm a-rising, see how it's gathering round.
The clouds are black as ink and the thundering cannons roar,
And we fear we'll never see old England any more.
Verse 4
Our officers command us, and it's them we must obey,
Expecting every moment for to be cast away.
But we stood to our guns and fought most manfully,
And the enemy's ships went sinking to the bottom of the sea.
Verse 5
Now yonder storm is over and we are safe ashore,
We'll drink healths to our sweethearts and the girls we do adore.
We'll call for liquor merrily and spend our money free,
And when that is all spent and gone, we boldly put to sea.
