| Oh captain tell me true
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| Does my sailor sail with you
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| No he does not sail with me
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| He sleeps on the bottom of the sea
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| What did the deep sea say
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| Tell me, what did the deep sea say
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| It moaned and groaned
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| And it splashed and it foamed
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| And it rolled on its weary way
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| He promised he’d write to me
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| His promise he never kept true
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| Never a word from my sailor have I heard
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| Since he sailed on that ocean blue
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| What did the deep sea say
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| Tell me, what did the deep sea say
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| It moaned and groaned
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| And it splashed and it foamed
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| And it rolled on its weary way
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| Well a beautiful rose every day
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| I placed on the crest of the waves
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| I said «Take it please
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| And let the pedals fall
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| Upon his watery grave»
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| What did the deep sea say
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| Tell me, what did the deep sea say
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| It moaned and groaned
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| And it splashed and it foamed
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| And it rolled on its weary way
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| What did that deep sea say
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| Tell me, what did that deep sea say
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| It moaned and groaned
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| And it splashed and it foamed
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| And it rolled on its weary way |