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The Dark Eyed Sailor

from how d'you do by Paul Hayes

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A traditional broken token, folk song:

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As I strode out one evening fair,
It being summertime to take the air,
I spied a maiden and a sailor gay,
And I stood to listen, oh I stood to listen,
To hear what they say.

He said fair lady why do you roam,
The night is on the day has gone,
She heaved a sigh and her tears did roll,
For my dark eyed sailor, oh my dark eyed sailor,
Who is young stout and bold.

Tis seven long years since he left this land,
The ring he took from his lily white hand.
One half of the ring’s still here with me,
the other’s rolling, oh the other’s rolling,
At the bottom of the sea.

He said you should put him out of your mind,
Some other young man you would surely find,
For love goes o’er and cold does grow,
Like the winter’s morning, oh the winter’s morning,
When the hills are white with snow.

She said I will never forsake my dear,
Though he’s been parted many a year,
Gentile was he not a rake like you,
Who’d induce a maiden, who’d induce a maiden,
To slight the jacket blue.

One half of the ring did young William show,
She ran distracted her tears did flow,
Oh William, oh William, I’ve gold in store,
For my dark eyed sailor, oh my dark eyed sailor,
He has proved his honour more.

There is a cottage by yonder lea,
This couple married and do agree,
Ye maids be loyal, when your loves at sea,
For the cloudy morning, oh the cloudy morning,
Brings on a sunny day.

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from how d'you do, released July 1, 2015
David Jacob: Fiddles
Paul: Guitars, Banjo, Keys, Vocals, Bass

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Paul Hayes Wales, UK

Paul Hayes is a singer/songwriter from Middleton near Manchester, who 'brings a delicious bardic darkness to his approach of his own and traditional folk songs' - Maartin Allcock.

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