Willie Taylor

Willy Taylor and his youthful lover, full of mirth and loyalty,
They were going to the church to be married, he was pressed and sent on sea,

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She dressed herself up like a sailor, on her breast she wore a star,
Her beautiful fingers long and slender, she gave them all just a smear of tar.
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On this ship there being a skirmish, she being one amongst the rest,
A silver button flew off her jacket, there appeared her snow white breast.
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Said the captain to his fair maid, what misfortune has took you here,
I'm in search of my true lover, whom you pressed on the other year.
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If you're in search of your true lover, pray come tell to me his name,
Willy Taylor they do call him but Fitzgerald is his name.
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Let you get up tomorrow morning, early as the break of day,
There you'll find your Willy Taylor, walking along with his lady gay.
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She got up the very next morning, early as the break of day,
There she spied her Willy Taylor walking along with his lady gay.
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She drew out a brace of pistols that she had at her command,
There she shot her Willy Taylor with his bride at his right hand.
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When the Captain came to hear it, of the deed that she had done,
He made her a ship's commander, over a vessel for the Isle of Man.
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