Jack-A-Roe

Album: Reckoning (1981)
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  • There was a wealthy merchant, in London he did dwell
    He had a beautiful daughter, the truth to you I'll tell
    Oh the truth to you I'll tell

    She had sweethearts a plenty and men of high degree
    But none but Jack the sailor her true love e'er could be
    Oh her true love e'er could be

    Jackie's gone a sailing with trouble on his mind
    He's left his native country and his darling girl behind
    Oh his darling girl behind

    She went down to a tailor's shop and dressed in man's array
    She climbed on board a vessel to convey herself away
    Oh convey herself away

    Before you step on board Sir, your name I'd like to know
    She smiled all in her countenance 'they call me Jack A Roe'
    Oh they call me Jack A Roe

    I see your waist is slender, your fingers they are small
    Your cheeks too red and rosy to face the cannonball
    Oh to face the cannonball

    I know my waist is slender, my fingers they are small
    But it would not make me tremble to see ten thousand fall
    Oh to see ten thousand fall

    The war soon being over, she went and looked around
    Among the dead and wounded her darling boy she found
    Oh her darling boy she found

    She picked him up all in her arms and carried him to town
    She sent for a physician who quickly healed his wounds
    Oh who quickly healed his wounds

    This couple they got married, so well they did agree
    This couple they got married, so why not you and me
    Oh why not you and me Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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