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I'm a sailor peg, and I lost my leg
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I climbed up the topsails, I lost my leg

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I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)
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I'm shipping off    To find my wooden leg

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When on the road to sweet Athy, hurroo hurroo
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When on the road to sweet Athy, hurroo hurroo
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When on the road to sweet Athy
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A stick in the hand, a drop in the eye
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A doleful damsel I heard cry
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Johnny I hardly knew ya

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We had guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo hurroo
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We had guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo hurroo
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We had guns and drums and drums and guns
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The enemy never slew ya
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Johnny I hardly knew ya

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I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)
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I'm shipping off    To find my wooden leg

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The pictures tell the story
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This life has many shades
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I’d wake up every morning and before I’d start each day
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I’d take a drag from last nights cigarette
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That smoldered in it’s tray
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Down a little something and then be on my way

I traveled far and wide
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And laid this head in many ports
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I was guided by a compass
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I saw beauty to the north

I drew the tales of many lives
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And wore the faces of my own
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I had these memories all around me
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So I wouldn’t be alone

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Some may be from showing up
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Others are from growing up
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Sometimes I was so messed up and didn’t have a clue
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I ain’t winning no one over
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I wear it just for you
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I’ve got your name written here
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In a rose tattoo

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In a rose tattoo   In a rose tattoo
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I’ve got your name written here   In a rose tattoo 
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In a rose tattoo   In a rose tattoo
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I’ve got your name written here   In a rose tattoo

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I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I'm shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)
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I'm shipping off    To find my wooden leg

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