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    It was on last Sunday evening just about the hour of three,
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    when my darling started to leave me, to sail on the deep blue sea.

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    He promised to write a letter, he promised to write to me,
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    and I haven't heard from my darling, who sails on the deep blue sea.

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    My mother is dead and buried, my papa's forsaken me,
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    and I have no one to love me, but the sailor on the deep blue sea.

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    "Oh, captain, can you tell me, can you tell me where he may be?"
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    "Oh yes, my little maiden, he's drownded in the deep blue sea."

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    Farewell to friends and relations, this is the last you'll see of me,
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    I'm going to end my troubles by drowning in the deep blue sea.