There Was A Wealthy Merchant

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There was a wealthy merchant
   F             G
In London he did dwell
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He had a beautiful daughter
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The truth to you I'll tell
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Oh, the truth to you I'll tell

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She had sweethearts a-plenty
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And men of high degree
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But none but Jack the sailor
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Her true love ere could be
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Oh, her true love ere could be

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Jack he's gone a-sailing
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With trouble on his mind
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He's left his king and his country
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And his darling girl behind
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Oh, his darling girl behind

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Gm  F  Bb  F
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She went down to a tailor's shop
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And dressed in men's array
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She's signed a bill of passage
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To convey herself away
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Ohh, convey herself away

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Before you get on board, Sir
     D                 E
Your name we'd like to know
    Em                D
She smiled all in her countenance
     G              D
They call me Jack-a-Roe
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Ohh, they call me Jack-a-Roe

 Bm
"I see your waist is slender
Bm
Your fingers they are small
Bm
Your cheeks too red and rosy
Bm
To face the cannonball"
 Bm
"I know my waist is slender
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And my fingers they are small
Bm
But it would not make me tremble
                         A  Em
To see ten thousand fall
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To see them fall"

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

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She picked him up all in her arms
    F                  G
And carried him to the town
    Gm            F
She sent for a physician
    Bb                 F
Who quickly healed his wounds
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Oh, who quickly healed his wounds

                     Am
This couple they got married
   F              G
So well they did agree
     Gm              F
This couple they got married
   Bb              F
So why not you and me?
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Oh, why not you and me?

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