We Parted on the Shore



SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer



SOURCE'S SOURCE: Mark Gilston (English Music Hall Workshop, 1986 FSGW

Getaway)



COMMENTS: MG says it's a Harry Lauder song



TEXT:



CHORUS: G C

We parted on the shore, we parted on the shore

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I said, "Goodbye, my love, I'm bound for Baltimore."

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I kissed her on the cheek, and the crew began to roar

D G

Cheerio, dearie-o, we parted on the shore.

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Now it's years and years and years and years and years and years and years

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Since I left my bonnie lassie on the shore

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I never will forget that day she cried so many tears

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I'd never seen so many tears before

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She asked me if I'd think of her, and I said perhaps I would

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But I'd often broke my promises before

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And then she stood, and sat and slept, and then began to weep

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And when I saw that, we parted on the shore



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INTERLUDE: And a tear fell gently from her eyes

RECITATIVO: Yes it did. And it nearly drowned a small dog who was standing

at her foot at the time.



Chorus



So for years and years and years and years, and years and years and years

I sailed away across the raging main

And often I'd lie in my bunk and hope, and hope and hope and hope

And hope to never see her face again

Now the more I'd lie in my bunk and hope, I'd lie in my bunk and hope

I'd lie in my bunk and hope, and hope some more

And then the tears would start and stop, and then begin to roll

Just like the waves that roll upon the shore



Chorus



So for years and years and years and years, and years and years and years

I never have done anything but hope

Until one day I went to the upper deck to wash my face

And the captain swore I'd tried to eat the soap

So he took me to his cabin and he had me drink a drink

A drink of drink I'd never drunk before

And when I drank that drink of drink the captain had me drink

I thought of her I'd left upon the shore



Chorus (twice)



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