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Planxty - The Good Ship Kangaroo lyrics
Once I was a waitin' man that lived at home at ease Now I am a mariner that ploughs the angry seas I always loved sea-faring life I bid my love adieu I shipped as steward and cook, my boys, on board the 'Kangaroo' Chorus: I never thought she would prove false or either prove untrue As we sailed away through Milford Bay on board the 'Kangaroo' Think of me oh think of me, she mournfully did say When you are in a foreign land and I am far away And take this lucky threepenny bit it'll make you bear in mind That lovin' trustin' faithful heart you left in tears behind Cheer up cheer up my own true love don't weep so bitterly She sobbed she sighed she choked she cried and could not say goodbye I won't be gone for very long 'tis but a month or two When I will return again of course I'll visit you Our ship was homeward bound from many's the foreign shore And many's the foreign presents unto my love I bore I brought tortoises from Tenerife and toys from Timbuktoo A china rat and a Bengal cat and a Bombay cockatoo Paid off I sought her dwelling on a street above the town Where an ancient dame upon the line was hanging out her gown Where is my love? She's vanished sir about six months ago With a smart young man that drives the van for Chaplin Son & Co Here's a health to dreams of married life to soap suds and blue Heart's true love and patent starch and washing soda too I'll go unto some foreign shore no longer can I stay On some China Hottentot I'll throw myself away My love she is no foolish girl her age it is two score My love she is no spinster she's been married twice before I cannot say it was her wealth that stole my heart away She's a washer in a laundry for one and nine a day |
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