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A Shipboard Romance from Capetown to Cairo,
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Born on the sea where memories stay,
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And though he was from England, she from Germany,
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War was still far away;
[Verse 2]
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They hit a bad storm off the coast of Mombasa,
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Battered and bruised, the ship carried on,
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When he held her and told her that all will be well,
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She knew that he was The One;
[Chorus]
Am F G C
She said "You are my hero and you are my love,
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You came to me from the heavens above,
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All of my life I´ve been waiting for you,
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I know that this is more than a Shipboard Romance!"
[Verse 3]
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He gave her a gift of a beautiful diamond,
Am G F G
"A memory of me when you´re far away,"
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At the end of the journey, tears goodbye,
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Never knowing if they´d meet again;
[Bridge]
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But Fate has a way of changing our lives forever,
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When he saw in the paper a valuable diamond for sale;
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So he went to the place in Holland,
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And then when he saw her face, she ran to his arms,
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And all the years just fell away with her tears;
[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
C F C
A Shipboard Romance from Capetown to Cairo,
Am G F G
Born on the ocean where memories stay,
Am F C F
And the elderly couple were so much in love,
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Hand in hand every day;
[Chorus]
And she said,
Am F G C
"He is my hero and he is my love,
F C G
He came to me from the Heavens above,
Am F G C
All of my life I´ve been waiting for him,
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I knew that this was more than a Shipboard Romance
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I knew that this was more than a Shipboard Romance!"
