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SOL
What ails you my daughter dear
SOL
your eyes are so dim
SOL
have you had any sore sickness
SOL
or yet been sleeping with a man
SOL
I have not had any sore sickness
SOL
but I know what's ailing me
SOL DO
I thinking of my own true love
SOL DO
he plows the raging sea
SOL DO
he plows the raging sea
SOL LAm DO RE
be he a lord or a duke or a knight
SOL RE SOL
or a man of wealth of fame
SOL DO
or is he one of my sailor lads
SOL DO
come tell me now his name
SOL LAm DO RE
he is no lord or a duke or knight
SOL RE SOL
or a man of wealth and fame
SOL DO
he is one of your sailor lads
SOL DO
and john barbour is his name
SOL LAm DO RE
now if John Barbour is his name
SOL RE SOL
a lowly sailor man is he
SOL DO
and if John Barbor is his name
SOL DO
then hanged he will be
SOL DO
than hanged he will be
SOL LAm DO RE
the king he calls his sailors all
SOL RE SOL
by one by two by three
SOL DO
John Barbour was the first he called
SOL DO
but the last came was he
SOL LAm DO RE
when he came a trippin down
SOL RE SOL
he was clothed in all in white
SOL DO
his hair were like the roses red
SOL DO
and his teeth were ivory brite
SOL LAm DO RE
he paid their wages with a smile
SOL RE SOL
when John Barbour he did see
SOL DO
if i was a woman if I were a man
SOL DO
then bedfellows we would be
SOL LAm DO RE
will you marry my daughter Jane
SOL RE SOL
and take her by the hand
SOL DO
will you come and dine with me
SOL DO
take charge of all my land
SOL LAm DO RE
I will marry your daughter Jane
SOL RE SOL
and I'll take her by the hand
SOL DO
I will come and dine with you
SOL DO
but to hell with all your lands
SOL LAm DO RE
if you can give her one gold piece
SOL RE SOL
then I can give her three
SOL DO
for I am bold John Barbour
SOL DO
and I plow the raging sea
SOL DO
I plow the raging sea
SOL DO
I plow the raging sea
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