The Faithful Mariner.
The Constant Seaman leaves the Land,
To Sail upon the Main,
Ingaging for to wed his Dear
When he Returns again.
Tune of, Philander .
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F Arewel my dearest Dear,
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for thee and I must part,
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And I do greatly fear
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that it will break my heart:
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Yet hope I shall return again,
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Old England for to see:
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Nothing but Death, or want of breath
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shall part my Love and me.
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Alas! my Love, quoth she,
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wilt thou be so unkind,
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To go away from me,
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and leave me here behind.
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Both night and day I shall complain
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(my Love) for want of thee,
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And still relate how cruel Fate
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did part my love and me.
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When stormy winds do blow,
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and billows they do rore,
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Our true-Loves then we know
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are troubled on the shore,
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For fear we should be cast away,
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or foundred in the Sea,
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While we do sing, no earthly thing
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shall part my love and me.
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Oh Fortune too unkind!
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why dost thou use me so,
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To cause my love so kind
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away from me to go:
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Let not strange Countries change thy mind,
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but ever constant be,
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Nothing shall part but deaths cold dart
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my faithful love and me.
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Then Neptune , I implore
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assistance from thy hand,
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Now I must leave the shore,
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keep me from Rocks and Sands:
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That I may happily escape
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the dangers of the Sea,
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And let not Death stop my poor breath,
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and part my etc.
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Can Maidens tears prevail,
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i'le part with them good store,
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When thou art under sail
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i'le mourn upon the shore:
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All kind of comforts i'le refuse,
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till thee again I see,
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And nothing shall to us befall
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to part my etc.
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Nothing shall me affright
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when I from thee am gone,
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'Twill be my hearts delight,
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my love to think upon:
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I'le write thy name upon the Mast,
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and painted thou shalt be
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In my poor heart, that none may part
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my faithful love and me.
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I'le do the like on shore,
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for wheresoe're I be,
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The Element shall rore,
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of my fidelity:
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I'le sing thy praise where e're I go,
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thou shalt applauded be,
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And nought but Death shall stop my breath
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to part my love and me.
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My Voyage is but short,
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and I shall soon return,
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I shall be joyful for't,
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least thou my Dear shouldst mourn:
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Then Hymens Rites we will perform
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united will we be:
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And he at last, shall tye us fast,
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and joyn my love and me.
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That hour I long to see,
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O 'twould my joys encrease,
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Were I but match'd to thee,
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my soul would be at peace:
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Till then I ne'r shall be at rest,
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or shall contented be,
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Make no delay, Hymen , I say,
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to joyn my love and me.
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