Cifras
Jack-a-roe

Tom: A

Introdução:

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There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell,
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He had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you we'll tell,
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Oh, the truth to you we'll tell.
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She had sweethearts a-plenty and men of high degree,
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But none but Jack the sailor her true love ever be,
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Oh, her true love ever be.
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Jackie's gone a-sailing with trouble on his mind,
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He's left his native country and his darling girl behind,
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Oh, his darling girl behind.
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She went down to a tailor shop and dressed in man's array,
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She climbed aboard a vessel and conveyed herself away,
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Oh, conveyed herself away.
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Before you get on board, sir, our name we'd like to know,
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She smiled on her countenance, they call me Jack-a-Roe,
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Oh, they call me Jack-a-Roe.
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I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small,
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Your cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball,
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Oh to face the cannonball.
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I know my waist's too slender, my fingers they are small,
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But it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall,
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Oh to see ten thousand fall.
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The war soon being over she went and looked around,
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Among the dead and wounded her darling boy she found,
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Oh her darling boy she found.
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She picked him up on in her arms and carried him to town,
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She sent for a physician to quickly heal his wounds,
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Oh to quickly heal his wounds.
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This couple they got married, so well did they agree,
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This couple they got married, so why not you and me?
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Oh why not you and me?