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T:Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy
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w:A - dieu sweet love-ly - Nan-cy Ten - thou - sand times a-dieu. I am
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w:going a-cross the - o-cean love to - seek - for some-thing new. Come
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w:change your ring with me, dear girl Come change your ring - with me. For it
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w:might be a to-ken of true - love while - I - am on the sea
W:1
W:Adieu, sweet lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu,
W:I am going across the ocean, love, to seek for something new.
W:    Come change your ring with me, dear girl,
W:    Come change your ring with me,
W:For it might be a token of true love while I am on the sea.
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W:2
W:And when I'm far upon the sea you'll know not where I am.
W:Kind letters I will write to you from every foreign land.
W:    The secrets of your heart, dear girl,
W:    Are the best of my good will,
W:So let your body be where it might, my heart will be with you still.
W:
W:3
W:There's a heavy storm arising, see how it gathers round,
W:While we poor souls on the ocean wide are fighting for the crown.
W:    There's nothing to protect us, love,
W:    Or keep us from the cold,
W:On the ocean wide, where we must fight like jolly seamen bold.
W:
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W:There's tinkers, tailors, shoemakers, lie snoring fast asleep,
W:While we poor souls on the ocean wide are ploughing through the deep.
W:    Our officers commanded us,
W:    And them we must obey,
W:Expecting every moment for to get cast away.
W:
W:5
W:But when the wars are over, there'll be peace on every shore,
W:We'll return to our wives and our families, and the girls that we adore.
W:    We'll drink out liquor merrily,
W:    And spend our money free,
W:And when the money is all gone - we'll boldly go to sea.

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