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Fol le dol le dum dum de ree

Fol le dol le dum dum day

Fol le dol le dum dum de ree

Fol le dol le dum dum day

VERSE 1

Billy Taylor was a sailor,
Full of joy and beauty gay.
'Stead of Billy getting married,
He was pressed and forced away.

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VERSE 2
But the bride soon followed after
Under the name of Richard Carr;
Snow white fingers, long and slender,
All covered o'er wi' pitch and tar.

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VERSE 3

One day in the heat of battle
Shot and shell was flying there,
A silver button flew off her waistcoat
Left her snowy white breast bare.

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VERSE 4
Then up spoke the gallant captain,
"What ill fortune brought you here?"
"I come in search of Billy Taylor
Whom you pressed the other year."

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VERSE 5

"If you'll rise early in the morning,
Early by the break of day,
There you'll see your Billy Taylor
Walking out with a lady gay."

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VERSE 6

She rose early the next morning,
Early by the break of day.
There she saw her Billy Taylor
Walking out with a lady gay.

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VERSE 7

Gun and pistol she's commanded,
Gun and pistol by her side.
She has shot young Billy Taylor
Walking out with his new-made bride.

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VERSE 8

When the captain did behold her
And the deed that she had done,
He has made her chief commander
O'er a ship and a hundred men.

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