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Jackaro
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Pete Seeger
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There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell
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He had a lovely daughter, the truth to you I'll tell
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Oh, the truth to you I'll tell
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Her sweethearts they were plentiful, she courted day and night
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Until on Jackie Fraser she placed her heart's delight
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Oh, she placed her heart's delight
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"Oh daughter dearest daughter, your body I'll confine
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If none but Jack the sailor can ever suit your mind
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Oh, can ever suit your mind"
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"This body you may 'prison, my heart you can't confine
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There's none but Jackie Fraser shall have this heart o' mine
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Oh, shall have this heart o' mine"
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Her parents saw him comin', they flew in an angry way
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They gave him forty shillings to bear him far away
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Oh, to bear him far away
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He sailed across the ocean, across the deep blue sea
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Till safely he was landed in the wars of Germany
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Oh, the wars of Germany
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She went down to a tailor shop, she dressed in men's array
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She laboured for the captain to bear her far away
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Oh, to bear her far away
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"Before you step on board, sir, your name I'd like to know"
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She smiled all in her countenance, "They call me Jackaro
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Oh, they call me Jackaro"
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"Your waist is far too 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 is slender, my fingers they are small,
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But I would not change my countenance to see ten thousand fall
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Oh, to see ten thousand fall"
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She sailed across the ocean, across the deep blue sea
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Till safely she was landed in the wars of Germany
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Oh, the wars of Germany
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She went out to the battlefield, she viewed it up and down
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Among the dead and dying, her darling boy she found
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Oh, her darling boy she found
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She picked him up most tenderly, she carried him to the town
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She sent for a physician to cure up all his wounds
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Oh, to cure up all his wounds
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This couple now are married, so well did they agree,
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This couple now are married, so why not you and me?
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Oh, so why not you and me?
Pete Seeger - This Land is Your Land
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