| When he was fourteen he started as a cabin boy. He was the youngest, but he was already a man
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| A man like a tree and strong like a bear
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| That's how he drove across the sea for the first time
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| Her name was Mary Ann and she was his ship
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| He remained loyal to her, which no one understood
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| There were so many ships, so beautiful and big -
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| But the Mary Ann would not let him go!
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| As a sailor he had his eighteen carats
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| And after the third voyage, he was already a mate
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| And every captain was after him
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| But he found it so terribly difficult to change
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| Her name was Mary Ann and she was his ship
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| He remained loyal to her, which no one understood
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| There were so many ships, so beautiful and big -
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| But the Mary Ann would not let him go!
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| And when he was first mate one day
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| Then he loved a girl with straw blonde hair
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| He gave her his heart, but she was not faithful to him
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| So he soon went back to sea — ahoy!
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| Her name was Mary Ann and she was his ship
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| He remained loyal to her, which no one understood
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| There were so many ships, so beautiful and big -
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| But the Mary Ann would not let him go!
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| After every trip he swore: Now I sign off!
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| He swore it as captain, but she became his grave
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| The Mary Ann sank on May 19th
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| During a hurricane off Hudson Bay
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| Her name was Mary Ann and she was his ship
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| He remained loyal to her, which no one understood
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| There were so many ships, so beautiful and big -
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| The Maaaaaaaryyyyy A-a-ann but didn't let him go! |