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you, fair maid. A-roving, a

rov -ing,

in, I'll

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go no more a - rov-ing From you,fair maid.

Her eyes are like two stars so bright,
Mark you well what I say!

Her eyes are like two stars so bright,
Her face is fair, her step is light;

I'll go no more a-roving from you, fair
maid.

Chorus A-roving, a-roving, etc.

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Her cheeks are like the rosebuds red,
Mark you well what I say!

Her cheeks are like the rosebuds red,
There's wealth of hair upon her head;
I'll go no more a-roving from you, fair
maid.

Chorus A-roving, a-roving, etc.

Solo

I often take her for a walk,
Mark you well what I say!
I often take her for a walk,

FAREWELL AND ADIEU TO YOU

And love to hear her merry talk;

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I'll go no more a-roving from you, fair maid.

Chorus A-rovirg, a-roving, etc.

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I love this fair maid as my life,
Mark you well what I say!

I love this fair maid as my life,
And soon she'll be my little wife;

I'll go no more a-roving from you, fair
maid.

Chorus A-roving, a-roving, etc.

Solo

And if you'd know this maiden's name,
Mark you well what I say!

And if you'd know this maiden's name,
Why soon like mine, 'twill be the same;
I'll go no more a-roving from you, fair
maid.

Chorus A-roving, a-roving, etc.

FAREWELL AND ADIEU TO YOU

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Farewell and a- dieu to you, fair Span-ish

la - dies, Fare-well and a - dieu

to you,

la-dies of Spain,For we've receiv'd orders to

sail for old Eng-land ;But hope in a short time to CHORUS

see you again. We'll rant and we'll rove all

o'er the wild o-cean, We'll rant and we'll rove all

o'er the wild seas, Un- til we strike soundings

in the chan- nel of old Eng-land From

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U-shant to Scil-ly is thirty-four leagues.

We hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'-west, boys,

We hove our ship to for to strike sound

ings clear;

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Then filled the main topsail and bore right away, boys,

And straight up the Channel our course we did steer.

We'll rant and we'll rove, etc.

The first land we made was a point called
the Deadman,

Next Ram's Head off Plymouth, Start,
Portland, and Wight;

We sailed then by Beachy, by Fairlee and
Dung'ness,

Then bore straight away for the South
Foreland light.

We'll rant and we'll rove, etc.

The signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor,

We clewed up our topsails, stuck out tacks and sheets;

We stood by our stoppers, we brailed in our spanker,

And anchored ahead of the noblest of fleets.

We'll rant and we'll rove, etc.

Then let every man here toss off a full bumper,

Then let every man here toss off his full bowl,

For we will be jolly and drown melancholy, With a health to each jovial and truehearted soul.

We'll rant and we'll rove, etc.

Call all hands to man the cap-stan,

See the cable run down clear,Heave a

watch-es of the night,And we'll sight the shores of

Eng-land When the gray dawn brings the light.

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