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Jolly Roving Tar
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Great Big Sea
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Ships may come and ships may go
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As long as the sea does roll.
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Each sailor lad just like his dad,
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He loves the flowing bowl.
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A trip on shore he does adore
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With a girl who's nice and round.
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When the money's gone
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It's the same old song,
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"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
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Chorus:
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Come along, come along, You jolly brave boys,
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There's lots of grog in the jar.
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We'll plough the briny ocean
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With the jolly roving tar.
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When Jack comes in, it's then he'll steer
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To some old boarding house.
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They'll welcome him with rum and gin,
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And feed him on pork scouse.
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He'll lend, spend and he'll not offend
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Till he's lyin' drunk on the ground
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When the money's gone
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It's the same old song,
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"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
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Chorus
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Jack, he then, oh then he'll sail
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Bound down for Newfoundland
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All the ladies fair in Placentia there
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They love that sailor man.
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He'll go to shore out on a tear
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And he'll buy some girl a gown.
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When the money's gone
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It's the same old song,
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"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
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Chorus
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When Jack gets old and weatherbeat,
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Too old to roam about,
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They'll let him stop in some rum shop
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Till eight bells calls him out.
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Then he'll raise his eyes up to the skies,
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Sayin' "Boys, we're homeward bound."
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When the money's gone
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It's the same old song,
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"Get up Jack! John, sit down!"
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Chorus
The Jolly Roving Tar
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