The Drowned Lover / Songs and Lyrics

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T:The Drowned Lover
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w:As - I was a - ~ walk - ing down ~ in Stokes Bay, I
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w:met a drown-ed sai - lor on - the beach as he - lay. And
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w:as I drew - nigh - him it - - put me to a stand. When I
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w:knew it was my own true love by - the mark on his hand.
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W:I was a walking down in Stokes Bay
W:I met a drowned sailor on the beach as he lay.
W:And as I drew nigh him it put me to a stand
W:WShen I knew it was my true love by the mark on his hand.
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W:2
W:As he was a sailing from his own dear shore
W:Where the waves and the billowsso loudly do roar.
W:I said to my true love, I shall see you no more
W:So farewell my dearest, you're the lad I adore.
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W:3
W:She put her arms around him saying, O my dear!
W:She wep't and she kissed him ten thousand times o'er
W:O I am contented to lie by thy side
W:And in a few moments, this lover she died.
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W:4
W:And all in the churchyard these two were laid
W:And a stone for rememberance was laid on her grave.
W:My joys are all ended my pleasures are fled.
W:This grave that I lie in is my new married bed.

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