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Distantimacy
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Early In The Spring:
Early, early in the spring
I was pressed onboard to serve my king
to leave my dearest dear behind
who oft had told me her heart was mine
as I hold her in my arms
I thought she had 10,000 charms
with compliments and kisses sweet
promised to marry the next time we'd meet
as I sailed all oe'r the seas
I took this kind opportunity
to write kind letters to my dear
but nothing from her could I hear
til I wrote to her father's hall
and for my dearest love did call
saying "where's the darling of my eye
where all my joy and comfort lie?"
the old man rose and then replied
"young man I fear you'll be denied
my daughter's married a richer life
therefore I pray seek another wife"
o curse all gold and silver too
yes curse a girl that won't prove true
and one that will her promise break
and another wed for his riches sake
I'll stay no longer here on shore
but cut my way where the canon roar
yes cut my way where the bullets lie
and sail the seas till the day I die
"billy billy stay on shore
don't cut your way where the canon roar
nor cut your way where the bullets lie
there's many a handsomer girl than I
if you wrote kind letters to this town
I can prove to you I received none
if the fault is great the fault's not mine
so don't reflect on the female kind"
as I was walking London street
a letter I saw beneath my feet
and on its back these words were wrote
our constant love is near forgot
so dig my grave both wide and deep
place a marble stone neath my head and feet
and on my breast a turtle dove
to show to the world that I died for love
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