Sailor's Life Lyrics - Judy Collins

Oh a sailor's life is a weary life 

For he robs the girls of their delight 

Causes them to weep causes them to mourn 

Loss of a true love, never to return 

Oh father father build me a boat 

And on the world's oceans I will float 

Hail each captain as I pass by 

There I'll ask for my sailor boy 

Oh captain captain tell me true 

Does my own Willie sail with you 

Tell me soon to give me joy 

None will I have but my sailor boy 

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Oh no kind lady he's not here 

He drowned in the gulf and we buried him there 

Upon the island as we passed by 

There we left your sailor boy 

Oh she rung her hands and tore her hair 

Just like some lady in great despair 

Called for a chair to sit her down 

Penningdon for to write it down 

Oh dig my grave wide and deep 

Put a marble stone at the head and feet 

On my grave a turtle dove 

Tell the world I died for my love 

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Oh a sailor's life is a weary life 

For he robs the girls of their delight 

Causes them to weep causes them to mourn 

Loss of a true love, never to return