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Willie Taylor and his youthful lover,
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Full of mirth and loyalty,
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They were going to the church to be married,
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He was pressed and sent on sea.
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Dolly dilly dum dilly dum dum day
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She dressed herself up like a sailor
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On her breast she wore a star
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Her lovely fingers long and slender
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She gave them all just a smear of tar.
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Dolly
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On the ship there being a skirmish
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She was one amongst the rest
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A silver button flew off her jacket
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There appeared her snow-white breast.
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Dolly
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Said the captain to this fair maid
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What misfortune has took you here
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I'm in search of my true lover,
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Who you pressed on the other year.
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Dolly
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If you're in search of your true lover
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Tell me what might be his name
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Willie Taylor's what they call him,
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But Fitzgerald is his name.
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Dolly
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If you'll get up tomorrow morning
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Early as the break of day
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There you'll spy your Willie Taylor
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Walking along with a lady gay.
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Dolly
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So she got up the very next morning
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Early as the break of day
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And there she spied her Willie Taylor
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Walking along with a lady gay.
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Dolly
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So she pulled out a brace of pistols
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That she had at her command
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And there she shot her Willie Taylor
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With his bride at his right hand.
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Dolly
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When the captain came to hear
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Of the deed that she had done
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He made her a ship's commander
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Over a vessel for the Isle of Man.
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Dolly
Willie Taylor
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