We Be Three Poor Mariners
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com - English 1609
We be three poor mariners
Newly come from the seas
We spend our lives in jeopardy
While others live at ease
Shall we go dance the round around around
Shall we go dance the round around around
And he that is a bully boy
Come pledge me on this ground
aground aground
We care not for those martial men
That do our states disdain
But we care for those merchantmen
That do our states maintain
Shall we go dance the round around around
Shall we go dance the round around around
And he that is a bully boy
Come pledge me on this
ground
aground aground
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