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MY MARY ANN by ANONYMOUS

First Line: FARE YOU WELL MY OWN MARY ANN
Last Line: IN ANGEL FORM TO MY MARY ANN
Subject(s): FAREWELL;LOVE;SEA;SHIPS & SHIPPING; PARTING;OCEAN;
Fare-you-well my own Mary Ann,
Fare-you-well for a while,
For the ship is ready and the wind it is fair,
And I am bound for the sea, Mary Ann,
And I am bound for the sea, Mary Ann.

Don't you see that turtle dove
A sitting on yonder pile?
Lamenting the loss of her own true love,
And so am I for you, Mary Ann,
And so am I for you, Mary Ann.

A lobster in a lobster pot,
A blue fish wriggling on a hook,
May suffer some, but oh no! not
What I do feel for you, Mary Ann,
What I do feel for you, Mary Ann.

The pride of all our kitchen rare,
That in our kitchen garden grows,
Was pumpkins, but none could compare
In angel form to my Mary Ann,
In angel form to my Mary Ann.



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