Chorus Oh, the waves on the sea, how they roll The chilly winds, how they do blow My own true love, got drownded in the deep And the ship never got to the shore 
Oh, the first on the deck was the porter of the ship And a rough-looking fellow was he Says, I care no more for my wife and my child Than I do for the fish in the sea 
Well, I left my dear darling a-grieving Well, I left my dear darling a-grieving I left my darling a-grieving after me And I never expect to see her any more 
One cold night as I lay on my bed I fell so fast asleep And thoughts of my true love come runnin’ to my head And poor sailors that sail on the deep 
Then three times around turned the gallant old ship Yes three times around turned she And as she turned the third time around She sank to the bottom of the sea 
Oh the moon shines so bright and the stars give us light And my mother is waiting for me She may look, she may weep, she may look to the deep She may look to the bottom of the sea 
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