G                             C             G
A girl upon the shore did ask a favour of the sea;
   G                             C             G
"Return my blue eyed sailor boy safely back to me
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Forgive me if I ask too much, I will not ask for more
    G                             C             G
But I shall weep until he sleeps safe upon the shore."

     G                                  C            G
As though the sea did hear her plea, a vision did appear
     G                                       C            G
The drifting tip of some wrecked ship came floating ever near
   G                C               G                 D
A figure there did cling to it, approaching more and more
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As if to ride on some strange tide, safe upon the shore

[Chorus]

    G             C
So give a sailor not your heart
      G             D
Lest sorrow you do seek;
     G
Let true love not be torn apart
    C                G
By favours from the sea

[Verse 2]

    G                                 C             G
My love, she cried as she espied the figure on the spar
     G                                           C                 G
His clean white shirt was drenched and torn, he must have floated far
     G                      C                  G             D
She thought with bliss how she would kiss the lips she did adore
    G                              C              G
And oh, how sweet to see his feet safe upon the shore

[Chorus]

    G             C
So give a sailor not your heart
      G             D
Lest sorrow you do seek;
     G
Let true love not be torn apart
    C                G
By favours from the sea

[Verse 3]

    G                                     C               G
As she drew near, she felt the fear that something was astray
     G                                        C              G
His mouth was slack and his blue eyes stared blindly at the day
    G               C                        G                    D
And in a daze, she turned her gaze from the corpse the driftwood bore
         G                                C             G
And the cold cold sea pushed ruthlessly, safe upon the shore

[Chorus]

    G             C
So give a sailor not your heart
      G             D
Lest sorrow you do seek;
     G
Let true love not be torn apart
    C                G
By favours from the sea

[Verse 4]

     G                                    C              G
Now fishermen, they cast their nets like miners pan for gold
     G                                   C                   G
And sailors push off from the docks and pray the gales will hold
     G             C             G                   D
The sea just sits silently, but sometimes, she does more
     G                                C             G
And someone weeps as her love sleeps safe upon the shore