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Still I love him, I’ll forgive him,
I’ll be with him wherever he goes.

VERSE 1

I love an apple and I love a pear

and I love a sailor with nice curly hair

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VERSE 2

I went to an alehouse we used to frequent
When I saw the landlady me money was spent

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VERSE 3

He came up the row and he whispered me out,
Then he went off with one Mister MacLeod.

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VERSE 4

He bought me a handkerchief, red, white and blue,
Then to clean windows he tore it in two.

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VERSE 5

My back is a-breaking, my fingers are sore,
Gutting the herrin’ he brings to the shore.

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VERSE 6

The storm is a-raging, his boat isn’t in,
Doesn’t one tell me what’s happened to him.

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VERSE 7

If he’s gone to heaven, he’ll come to no harm.
If he’s gone to hell, then he’ll keep himself warm.

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