| Sailors and fishermen
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| Go down to the harbor where many good souls set sail
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| But the ships they have gone
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| With the hake and the cod
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| Never to return again
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| With our nets lives are torn
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| Wo a captain forevermore
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| All a boats requiem haunt the waves
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| With no hands upon deck
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| And no love waving back
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| Oh darling, we’ve lost our way
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| So hail to the sailors and fishermen
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| And hail to their last serenade
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| Tinkers and travelers
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| Born to our caravans
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| No ivy grows wild round their door
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| Like the horse and the car,
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| There’s no turning back
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| So welcome to our fixed abode
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| They say a song’s never done while the songs still being sung,
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| But a voice with the road disappears
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| Our traditions now spent,
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| With no cash for the rent,
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| Left standing with no place to go
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| So hail to the sailors and the fishermen
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| And hail to their ghost that remains
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| So goodbye to you dreamers, you vagabonds and true believers,
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| Along may you sing once again
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| I said, long may you sing once again
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| Lai da di, di di di
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| Lai da di, di di di
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| Lai da di, di di di
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| Lai da di, di di di
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| Lai da di, di di di
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| Lai
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| May this life take you there (Lai da di, di di di)
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| May this life take you there (Lai da di, di di di)
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| May this life, may this life (Lai da di, di di di)
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| May this life, may this life (Lai da di, di di di)
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| Take you there
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| May this life take you there (Lai da di, di di di)
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| May this life take you there (Lai da di, di di di)
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| May this life, may this life (Lai da di, di di di)
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| May this life, may this life (Lai da di, di di di)
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| Take you there
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| Ah hail to the sailors and fishermen
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| And hail to their ghost that remain
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| So goodbye to you dreamers, vagabonds and true believers
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| Along may you sing once again
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| Said goodbye to you dreamers, you vagabonds and true believers
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| Along may you sing once again |