Traditional: My Boy Willie<br>
My Boy Willie<br>
Traditional<br>
Two verses and chorus<br>
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Two verses and chorus (high quality) href="willie-x.mp3" target="_blank">mp3<br>
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Full Song: mp3 (922 KB)<br>
"My Boy Willie" is performed by<br>
Mary Smith<br>
<br>
Notes: This song has the exact same tunes as the song<br>
"The Butcher Boy" and is of a similar theme.<br>
It was early, early in the spring<br>
my boy Willie went to serve the king<br>
And all that vexed him and grieved his mind<br>
was the leaving of his dear girl behind.<br>
Oh father dear build me a boat<br>
that on the ocean I might float<br>
And hail the ships as they pass by<br>
for to inquire of my sailor boy.<br>
She had not sailed long in the deep<br>
when a fine ship's crew she chanced to meet<br>
And of the captain she inquired to<br>
"Does my boy Willie sail on board with you?"<br>
"What sort of a lad is your Willie fair?<br>
What sort of clothes does your Willie wear?"<br>
"He wears a coat of royal blue,<br>
and you'll surely know him for his heart is true".<br>
"If that's your Willie he is not here.<br>
Your Willie's drowned as you did fear.<br>
'Twas at yonder green island as we passed by,<br>
it was there we lost a fine sailor boy".<br>
Go dig my grave long wide and deep,<br>
put a marble stone at my head and feet.<br>
And in the middle, a turtle dove.<br>
So the whole world knows that I died of love.<br>