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[Verse 1]
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  I had a silver penny and an apricot tree,
      C                        G      D
And I said to the sailor on the white quay,
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“Sailor O sailor, will you bring me
     C                        G       D
If I give you my penny and my apricot tree?
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A fez from Algeria, an Arab drum to beat,
      C                      G    D
And a little gilt sword and a parakeet?”


[Verse 2]
      Am                                      C
Well, he smiled and he kissed me as strong as death,
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I saw his red tongue and I felt his sweet breath.
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“You may keep your penny and your apricot tree,
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  And I'll bring your presents back from the sea, from over the sea.”
    Am                                 C
The ship dipped down on the rim of the sky,
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And I waited while three long summers went by, three long summers went by.


[Verse 3]
Em                           D
Then one steel morning on the white quay
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I saw a grey ship come in from the sea.
Em           D
  Slowly she came across the bay
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And her flashing rigging was shot away.
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And all around her wake the seabirds cried,
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  And flew in and out of the hole in her side.
Am                                     C
  Slowly she came into the path of the sun,
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  I heard the sound of a distant gun, of a distant gun.


[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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  Then a stranger came running up to me
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From the deck of the ship, and he said, said he:
      Am                                C
 “Are you the boy who would wait by the quay
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With a little silver penny and an apricot tree?
    Am                                      C
But I've a plum coloured fez and a drum for thee;
G                          D                  Em
I’ve got a sword and a parakeet from over the sea.”


[Interlude]
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[Verse 5]
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Where is the sailor with the bold red hair,
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And what is that volley on the bright air?
    Am                            C
And where are the other girls and boys?
G                                    D                           Em
  Why have you brought me children’s toys, brought me children’s toys?