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Thread #49380   Message #745068
Posted By: MMario
09-Jul-02 - 09:38 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Ye Mariners All / A Jug of This
Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: YE MARINERS ALL
Okay - this seems to be pretty well known (based on the number of recordings I saw listed for it) but I can't find it in the DT or the Forum - so here it is.

YE MARINERS ALL

Ye mariners all, as ye pass by
Come in and drink if you are dry
Come spend, me lads, your money brisk
And pop your nose in a jug of this

Oh mariners all, if you've half a crown
You're welcome all for to sit down
Come spend, me lads, your money brisk
And pop your nose in a jug of this

Oh tipplers all, as you pass by
Come in and drink if you are dry
Come in and drink, think not amiss
And pop your nose in a jug of this

Oh now I'm old and can scarcely crawl
I've a long grey beard and a head that's bald
Crown my desire, fulfill my bliss
A pretty girl and a jug of this

And when I'm in my grave and dead
And all my sorrows are past and fled
Transform me then into a fish
And let me swim in a jug of this

X:1
T:Ye Mariners All
I:abc2nwc
M:5/4
L:1/8
K:F
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G2A2(d2c2)A2|F2G2A4A2|
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w:Ye mar-iners all,_ as ye pass by Come
w:in and drink_ if you are dry Come
w:spend, me lads,_ your mo-ney brisk And pop your nose in a jug of this