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T:Barrack Street
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W:You sailors all come lend an ear, come listen to my song;
W:A trick of late was played on me and it won't detain you long.
W:I come from sea the other day and a girl I chanced to meet,
W:“Oh, me friends will be expecting me to a dance in Barrack Street.”
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W:I said, “My young fair maid, I cannot dance so well;
W:Besides I am to Windsor bound where all my friends do dwell.
W:Been to sea the past two years; I've saved up thirty pounds.
W:My friends will be expecting me this night in Windsor town.”
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W:“Well if you cannot dance, me love, then you shall stand a treat.
W:Have a glass or two of brandy and a something for to eat.
W:At six o'clock this evening I'll meet you off the train;
W:So don't forget to give a call when you come to town again.”
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W:At eight o'clock that evening, then the drinking did begin.
W:And when we all had drunk our fill the dancing did begin.
W:Me and my love danced all around to a merry tune;
W:She says, “My dear, let us retire to a chamber alone.”
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W:5
W:So dancing being over and to bed we did repair
W:And there I fell fast asleep, the truth I will declare.
W:My darling with me thirty pounds, gold watch and chain had fled;
W:Left me here poor Jack alone, stark naked in bed.
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W:So I looked all around me and there's nothing I could spy
W:But a woman's shirt and apron all on the bed did lie.
W:I wrung my hands and tore my hair, crying, “Oh what shall I do?
W:Fare thee well, sweet Windsor town, I'm sure I'll never see you.”
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W:Well, everything being silent and the hour but twelve o'clock;
W:I put on the shirt and apron and I steered for Crowman's Wharf.
W:The captain says, “Now Jack, I thought you were to Windsor bound.
W:You might have got a better suit than that for thirty pound.”
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W:“I might have got a better suit if I'd had got the chance;
W:I met a girl in Barrack Street, she took me to a dance.
W:I danced me own destruction, now I'm struck from head to feet,
W:I swear that I won't go no more down in Barrack Street.”
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W:So all of you young sailor lads a warning take from me:
W:Beware of all your company when you go out on a spree.
W:And keep clear of Barrack Street or else you'll rue the day:
W:In a woman's shirt and apron, oh, they'll bring you out to sea.

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