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A Sailor Coming Home On Leave
A sailor coming home on leave
Did find his house without a light
He crept up to his daughter's room
And found her hanging from a beam
So he got his knife and cut her down
And on her breast these words he found
I loved a sailor I loved him true
See what true love can do.
Oh father dear don't weep for me
He was a sailor young and free
He took me down a shady lane
And now for his love I'll die for shame
Oh dig my grave oh dig it deep
And place white lilies at my feet
And at my head oh, place a dove
To show that I had died for love
So I dug a grave I dug it deep
I placed white lilies at her feet
And at her head I placed a dove
To show that she had died for love
Now all you maidens bear in mind
A sailor's love is hard to find
So if you find one good and true,
Don't change the old love for the new.
- Summit Records
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Up The Foc'sle - The Lower Mess-Deck Chorale Ensemble
- She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain Time: 1:50
- The Old Red Flannel Drawers That Maggie Wore Time: 1:27
- Every Time I Sneeze [joke] Time: 0:09
- Poor Blind Nell Time: 0:33
- John Brown's Body Time: 1:40
- Poor Little Angeline Time: 2:11
- The Sailor Coming Home On Leave Time: 1:35
- The Sailor's Prayer Time: 2:07
- Harry My Boy (recitation) Time: 1:42
- Jenny Wren Bride Time: 3:48
- Roll Your Leg Over Time: 1:31
- The Good Ship Venus Time: 1:43
- Eskimo Nell (recitation) Time: 5:40
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