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It's of a jolly sailor
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That's lately come from sea
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He dressed himself in tarry clothes
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His true love to go see
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He dressed himself in tarry clothes
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Just like a sailor's trade
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For to try the heart of Mary-Ann
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The cruel lowland maid
[Verse 2]
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As Jimmy went a-walking
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A-by the Riley strand
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Down by his lover's cottage
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Where he spied his Mary-Ann
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She appeared to him like floral
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All in the silks arrayed
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But the thorn was in the bosom of
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The cruel lowland maid
[Verse 3]
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"Good morning pretty Mary,
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I'm glad to meet you here
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But I feared your inclinations they're
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No longer firm me dear
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I'm afeared your inclinations
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They have turned some other way" -
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"Oh begone from me" cried Mary-Ann
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The cruel lowland maid
[Verse 4]
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As Jimmy turned to leave her
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The sailor said "Behold"
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And from his trousers pockets
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He pulled out a purse of gold
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"Forgive me now" cried Mary-Ann
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"For all that I have said,
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You are welcome to my cottage with
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Your lovely lowland maid"
[Verse 5]
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"Remember cruel damsel
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The last words that you said
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Oh I can lie 'til morning in
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Some farmers barn or shed
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Now I can lie 'til morning in
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Some farmers barn or shed"
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And away he strayed from Mary--Ann
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The cruel lowland maid
[Interlude]
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[Verse 6]
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Straight away to another lover
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This fair one she did go
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"Have courage now dear Edmund
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For with me you must go.
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Have courage now dear Edmund
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And do no me betray.
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We will kill and rob the sailor boy
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Before the break of day"
[Verse 7]
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Over hills and lofty mountains
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Through dales and swampy lands
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They travelled with their lanterns
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And their daggers in their hands
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And with their lights and lanterens
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To light them on their way
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'Til they reached the fateful stable where
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The sailor boy he lay
[Verse 8]
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Into his tender bosom
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They plunged the dagger deep
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They robbed him of his glittering gold
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And left him there to sleep
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Some shepherds herding off their flocks
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Across the fields did stray
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And they swore against the villain and
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The cruel lowland maid
[Verse 9]
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Oh now the couple is taken
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And sentenced to be hung
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For the murdering of young Jimmy
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Who was scarcely in his bloom
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And as they swung high in the air
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The people all did say
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"For the murdering of the sailor hangs
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The cruel lowland maid."
[Outro]
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- 1. Chord Gitar Caladh Nua - The Cruel Lowland Maid Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar F#)
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- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan