The Sailor boy

It was a frosty wintermorn’
The snow lay on the ground
A sailorboy stood on the quai
His ship was outward bound
His sweetheart standing by his side
Shed many a bitter tear
And as he pressed her to his heart
He whispered in her ear:

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Farewell, farewell my own true love
This party gives me pain
You’ll be my own true guiding star
Till I return again
My thougts shall be of you my love
So farewell love, remember me
Your faithfull sailorboy

‘t Was in a gale, the ship set sail
His sweetheart standing by
She watched the ship far out of sight
Till tears had dimmed her eye
She prayed top god in heaven above
To guide him on his way
And then those parting words she heard
Echoing o’er the bay:

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But sad to say the ship returned
Without the sailor boy
He lost his live far out at sea
The flag was halfmast-high
And when his comrades came ashore
And told her he was dead
In a letter that he wrote to her
The last lines sadly said:

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Farewell. Farewell my own true love
On earth we need no more
We’ll meet on that eternal shore
On that bright heaven above
My thoughts have been of you my love
When storms were raging high
Now farewell love, remember me
Your faithfull sailorboy