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It's of a fair and handsome girl All in her tender years She fell in love with a sailor boy And it's true that she loved him well For to go off to sea with him Like she did not know how She longed to see that seaport town Called Canadee-I-O So she bargained with a young sailor boy All for a piece of gold Straightway that he led her All down into the hold I'll dress you up in sailor's clothes Your jacket shall be blue Oh, well you'll see that seaport town Called Canadee-I-O Now, when the other sailors heard the news They fеll into a rage And with the whole ship's company Thеy were willing to engage "We'll tie her hands and feet my boys Overboard we'll throw her And she'll never see that seaport town Of Canadee-I-O" Now, when the captain he's heard the news He said that never shall be For if you drown that fair young maid Then hanged you shall be She will stay all in sailor's clothes Her jacket shall be blue Oh, well she will see that seaport town Called Canadee-I-O Now when they came down to Canada Scarcely above half a year She's married that bold captain And he called her his dear She's dressed in silks and satins now And she cuts a gallant show She's the finest of the ladies Down in Canadee-I-O Come all you fair and tender girls Wheresoever you may be I'd have you follow your own true love When he goes out to sea For if the sailors prove false to you The captain he might prove true Oh, you see the honour that I have gained By the wearing of the blue
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