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Thread #163841   Message #3913930
Posted By: Joe Offer
29-Mar-18 - 04:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sailor Lad? / The Sailor (Riley & Gaynor)
Subject: ADD: The Sailor (Riley & Gaynor)
Hi, Mick. I'm sure glad you're back. Did you get my email about your login information?

Here are the lyrics from the song Mick linked to:

THE SAILOR

I'm a merry sailor lad, Ye-ho!
And my life is free and glad, Ye-ho!
For I love the foaming crest,
Tossed upon the billow's breast,
Knowing neither pause nor rest, Ye-ho!

CHORUS:
Then it's heave-ho! when the north winds blow,
And the waves dash fierce and high.
Oh, the life that's glad and free,
Is a life upon the sea,
For it never knows a sorrow nor a sigh.

Oh, my ship's a gallant craft, Ye-ho!
Clean and shining fore and aft, Ye-ho!
And she rides the rolling wave,
Firm and steady, true and brave,
All her precious freight to save, Ye-ho!

Source: Songs of the Child World No 1, by Alice C. Riley (copyright 1897 by the John Church Company)

Words by Alice C.D. Riley, Music by Jessie L. Gaynor.

Tune available at this link.