The Fair Sailor Lad

O the fair sailor lad

He was handsome and free,

And he loved a gentle maid,

And his wife she would be:

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"O my fair sailor lad,

Come and bide here wi' me!"

But the fair sailor lad

Sailed away, 'cross the sea.

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O the fair sailor lad

He was wae and forlorn:

"I must see yon gentle maid

From whose side I was torn.

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Tho' he sailed that very tide

Her he saw not again,

For that fair sailor lad

Sleeps for aye 'neath the main.

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O the fair sailor lad

He was handsome and free,

And he loved a gentle maid,

And his wife she would be:

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"O my fair sailor lad,

Come and bide here wi'me!"

But the fair sailor lad

Sleeps alone 'neath the sea.