I’d set my foot on a steamboat and sail the ocean round

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Sailing around the ocean sailing around the sea

I think of handsome Molly wherever she may be

Her hair was black as a raven’s her eyes were bright as coals

Her teeth shone like lilies out in the morning cold

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Sailing round the ocean…

Don’t you remember Molly when you gave me your right hand

Said if you ever married that I would be your man

Saw her in church last Sunday she passed me on by

I could tell her mind was changing by the roving of her eyes

Now you broke your promise go marry whom you please

While my poor heart is aching you’re lying at your ease

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Sailing round the ocean…