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Version 1

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T:Blood Red Roses
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w:Our boots and clothes are all in pawn,
 c c2 _B| G A _B G| c c3-| c2 z G|
w:Go down, you blood red ros-es, go down-. And
 C D E F| G A _B- G| 
w: it's mighty draf-ty around Cape Horn,-
c c2 _B| G A _B G| c c3| 
w:Go down, you blood red ros-es, go down-
g3 f|  e c f d|
w:Oh, you pinks and po-sies  
 c c2 _B|  G A _B G| c c3-| c3 z|
w:Go down you blood red ros-es, go down. 
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W:1
W:Our boots and clothes are all in pawn,
W:(ch) Go down, you blood red roses, go down.
W:(v) And it's mighty drafty around Cape Horn,
W:(ch) Go down, you blood red roses, go down.  
W:Oh, you pinks and posies 
W:Go down you blood red roses, go down. 
W:
W:2
W:You've had your advance and to sea you must go 
W:A-chasin' whales through the frost and the snow. 
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W:3
W:Oh my old mother, she wrote to me, 
W:My dearest son come home from sea 
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W:4
W:But 'round Cape Born you've got to go
W:For that is where them whalefish blow. 
W:
W:5
W:Just one more and that'll do,
W:For we're the gang to kick her through.

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