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T:Handsome Molly
Z:Webmaster
C:Jim Rooney
N:Love
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w:Well, I wish I was in Lon-don, or some other sea-port town
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w:I'd put my foot on a steam boat I'd sail the oc-ean 'round.
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W:Well, I wish I was in London,
W:Or some other seaport town
W:I'd put my foot on a steamboat
W:I'd sail the ocean 'round.
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W:2
W:While sailing 'round the ocean,
W:While sailing 'round the sea
W:I'd think of handsome Molly
W:Wherever she might be.
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W:3
W:Don't you remember, Molly
W:You gave me your right hand?
W:You said whenever you'd marry
W:I would be the man.
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W:But you broke your promise
W:Go with whom you please
W:My poor heart is aching
W:You are at your ease.
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W:5
W:I went to church last Sunday
W:Molly came ridin' by
W:I could tell her mind was changin'
W:By the rovin' of her eye.
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W:6
W:I go down to the river
W:Though everyone's asleep
W:I think of handsome Molly
W:An' I begin to weep.
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W:So I wish I was in London,
W:Or some other seaport town
W:I'd put my foot on a steamboat
W:I'd sail the ocean 'round.

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