Misc Traditional - Go To Sea No More

a quick go at the traditional sea shanty “go to sea no more” made famous by the dubliners .
this is the original version .

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when first i landed in liverpool , i went upon a spree
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me money alas i spent it fast , got drunk as drunk could be
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and when that me money was all gone , ’twas then that i wanted more
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but a man must be blind to make up his mind to go to sea once more

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once more , boys , once more , to go to sea once more
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but a man must be blind to make up his mind to go to sea once more

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i spent the night with angeline , too drunk to roll in bed
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me watch was new and me money too , in the morning with them she fled
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and as i walked the streets about , the whores they all did roar
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there goes jack strapp , the poor sailorlad , he must go to sea once more

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once more , boys , once more , to go to sea once more
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there goes jack strapp , the poor sailorlad , he must go to sea once more

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and as i walked the streets about , i met with the rapper brown
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i asked him for to take me on and he looked at me with a frown
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he said last time you was paid off with me you could no score
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but i’ll give you a chance and i’ll take your advance and i’ll send you to sea once more

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once more , boys , once more , to go to sea once more
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but i’ll give you a chance and i’ll take your advance and i’ll send you to sea once more

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he shipped me on board of a whaling ship bound for the arctic seas
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where the cold winds blow through the frost and snow and jamaica rum would freeze
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but worse to bear , i’d no hard weather gear for i’d spent all me money on shore
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’twas then that i wished that i was dead and could go to sea no more

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no more , boys , no more , to go to sea no more
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’twas then that i wished that i was dead and could go to sea no more

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so come all you bold seafaring men , who listen to me song
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when you come off them long trips , i’ll have you not go wrong
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take my advice , drink no strong drink , don’t go sleeping with them whores
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get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more

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no more , boys , no more , to go to sea no more
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get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more