Lyr Req: If I Had a Ship (from Kingston Trio)

Subject: Lyr Req: If I had a ship, I'd sail away
From: Barbara
Date: 10 Feb 06 - 03:51 PM

A friend of mine is looking for this. She learned it many years ago (25? 30?) in Nairobi, Kenya where it was sung by a buncha expat UK guys who had a group there called "Hootenanny".

CHORUS:
If I had a ship, I'd sail away
If I had a ship, I'd sail away
Leave my troubles where they lay
If I had a ship, I'd sail away

Way down by the sea
I'd leave my troubles on the shore
.......... will never see
If I had a ship, I'd sail away.

She's been singing it to her kids as a lullabye, and this is all she can remember, but there's more, and of course, she's not positive these words are exact.

Anyone help?

Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: Lyr Add: IF I HAD A SHIP (from Kingston Trio)
From: Sorcha
Date: 10 Feb 06 - 04:00 PM

IF I HAD A SHIP
Mason Williams
Recorded by The Kingston Trio

CHORUS: If I had a ship, I'd sail away.
If I had a ship, I'd sail away.
Leave my sorrows where they lay.
If I had a ship, I'd sail away.

Stroll down by the sea.
Take a stroll down by the bay.
Sit and ponder the endless waves.
If I had a ship, I'd sail away.

(If I had a ship) If I had a ship (I'd sail away) I'd sail away.
(If I had a ship) If I had a ship (I'd sail away) I'd sail away.
(Leave my sorrows where they lay) Leave my sorrows where they lay.
(If I had a ship) If I had a ship (I'd sail away) I'd sail away.

Stroll down by the sea
Where the wind songs softly play.
Lean my back on a driftwood tree.
If I had a ship, I'd sail away.

If I had a ship, I'd sail away (I would sail away).
If I had a ship, I'd sail away (I would sail away.)
Leave my sorrows where they lay.
If I had a ship, I'd sail away.

Stroll down by the sea.
Stand beside her misty spray.
'Though I know 'twill never be,
If I had a ship, I'd sail away.

(Chorus)

(If I had a ship) If I had a ship (I'd sail away) I'd sail away.
(If I had a ship) If I had a ship (I'd sail away) I'd sail away.
(Leave my sorrows where they lay) Leave my sorrows where they lay
(If I had a ship) If I had a ship (I'd sail away) I'd sail away.

If I had a ship, I'd sail away.
If I had a ship, I'd sail away.
Leave my sorrows where they lay.
If I had a ship, I'd sail away. (I'd sail away.)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I had a ship, I'd sail away
From: Charley Noble
Date: 10 Feb 06 - 05:26 PM

It's another ship song fragment that's found a harbor!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I had a ship, I'd sail away
From: Barbara
Date: 10 Feb 06 - 08:04 PM

Thanks Sorcha. I listened to doze guyz, too, but I don't remember that one. I'll pass them on to my friend.
Blessings,
Barbara