Key: E
Introduction:
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Row, fisherman row
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Keep on rowing your boat (Brother-man, brother-man, yah)
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Row, fisherman row
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Lots of hungry belly pickney they a-shore (Millions of them)
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Lots of hungry belly pickney they a shore
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Living in a bamboo hut
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In a little hole seaport town (hmm, hmm)
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Three kids on the floor
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And another one to come make four
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Day, day by day
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I man step it along the sea shore
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Day, day by day
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I man step it along the sea shore
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Hail brother John
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Have you got any wenchman?
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Yes, brother Peter
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Wenchman, sprat and mackaba (I'll tell you)
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Yes, brother Peter
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Wenchman, sprat and mackaba
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Row, fisherman row
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Keep on rowing your boat (Brother-man, brother-man, yah)
Em G
Row, fisherman row
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Yes, we've got to reach on higher grounds