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Thread #136799 Message #3126239
Posted By: shipcmo
01-Apr-11 - 10:49 AM
Thread Name: Parlor Songs of the Sea
Subject: We Were Shipmates, Jack and I
We Were Shipmates, Jack And I
We Were Shipmates, Jack and I. Copyright, 1890, by Geo. M. Klenk & Co. Words by Julian Holmes. Music by Will E. Nankivelle.
We were shipmates, shipmates, Jack and I, and of him my song shall be, For truer heart And a bolder tar ne'er sailed the deep, blue sea; And Jack and I braved many storms when raging billows rolled; Though Jack is gone, yet his manly deeds shall ne'er be left untold.
Chorus. We were shipmates, shipmates, Jack And I, And of him my song shall be; A truer heart And a bolder tar ne'er sailed the deep, blue sea.
We were shipmates, shipmates, Jack and I, but I hear his voice no more; On a dismal night we ran on a reef when far away from shore; Though Jack and I fought the angry waves, their fury drove us back; And poor Jack sank with this parting cry: "Remember, shipmate, Jack."
Chorus. We were shipmates, shipmates, Jack and I, And a right good soul was he; A truer heart And a bolder tar ne'er sailed the deep, blue sea; We were shipmates, Jack And I.