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G
What ails you my daughter dear
Gyour eyes are so dim
have you had any sore sickness
Gor yet been sleeping with a man
G
I have not had any sore sickness
Gbut I know what's ailing me
I thinking of my own true love
G Che plows the raging sea
G Che plows the raging sea
G Am C D
be he a lord or a duke or a knight
or a man of wealth of fame
G Cor is he one of my sailor lads
G Ccome tell me now his name
G Am C D
he is no lord or a duke or knight
or a man of wealth and fame
G Che is one of your sailor lads
G Cand john barbour is his name
G Am C D
now if John Barbour is his name
a lowly sailor man is he
G Cand if John Barbor is his name
G Cthen hanged he will be
than hanged he will be
G Am C D
the king he calls his sailors all
by one by two by three
G CJohn Barbour was the first he called
G Cbut the last came was he
G Am C D
when he came a trippin down
he was clothed in all in white
G Chis hair were like the roses red
G Cand his teeth were ivory brite
G Am C D
he paid their wages with a smile
when John Barbour he did see
G Cif i was a woman if I were a man
G Cthen bedfellows we would be
G Am C D
will you marry my daughter Jane
and take her by the hand
G Cwill you come and dine with me
G Ctake charge of all my land
G Am C D
I will marry your daughter Jane
and I'll take her by the hand
G CI will come and dine with you
G Cbut to hell with all your lands
if you can give her one gold piece
G D Gthen I can give her three
G Cfor I am bold John Barbour
and I plow the raging sea
G CI plow the raging sea
G CI plow the raging sea
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