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'''The Faithful Sailor Boy'''

[[Roud 376]]

== Version from [[George Spicer]] ==

#It was a stormy winter’s night<br />The snow lay on the ground <br />The sailor boy stood on the quay<br />His ship was outward bound<br />His sweetheart standing by his side <br />Shed many a silent tear<br />And as he pressed her to his breast<br />He whispered in her ear<br /><br />''Chorus''<br />Farewell, farewell my own true love<br />This parting brings me pain<br />I’ll be your own true guiding star<br />When I return again<br />My thoughts shall be of you, of you<br />When the storms are raging high<br />So fare thee well, remember me<br />Your faithful sailor boy<br /><br />
#Without a gale the ship set sail<br />He bid his love goodbye<br />She watched his craft till out of sight<br />A tear bedimmed her eye<br />She prayed to him in heaven above <br />To guide him on his way<br />His last and loving words that night<br />Re-echoed o’er the bay<br /><br />
#But sad to say the ship returned <br />Without her sailor boy<br />He died whilst on the voyage home<br />The flag was half-mast high<br />And when his comrades came on shore<br />They told her he was dead<br />A letter he had sent to her<br />the last line sadly read<br /><br />''Final chorus''<br />Farewell, farewell my own true love<br />On earth we’ll meet no more<br />I soon shall be from storm and sea <br />On that eternal shore<br />I hope to meet you in that land<br />That land beyond the sky<br />Where you shall not be parted from<br />Your faithful sailor boy

== Version from [[Fred Whiting]] ==
Words - follow link from http://www.veteran.co.uk/VTC2CD.htm

[[Category: Song]]