Dark-Eyed Sailor

Bb Eb Bb Gm As I went a-walking one evening fair Bb Dm Eb Bb It being the summer to take the air Gm Dm Cm F I spied a maiden and a sailor bold Gm F And I stood to listen Bb Eb F Bb F Bb And I stood to lis-ten to hear what they might say Bb Eb Bb Gm He said "Fair maid, why do you roam Bb Dm Eb Bb By yonder lea and all alone?" Gm Dm Cm F She heaved a sigh, and the tears did roll Gm F "For my dark-eyed sailor Bb Eb F Bb F Bb For my dark-eyed sai-lor, he plows the stormy sea Bb Eb Bb Gm 'Tis seven long years since he left this land Bb Dm Eb Bb A ring he took off from his lily-white hand Gm Dm Cm F One half of the ring is still here with me Gm F But the other is rolling Bb Eb F Bb F Bb But the other is rol-ling at the bottom of the sea" Bb Eb Bb Gm He said "Fair maid, you must dry your eyes Bb Dm Eb Bb Some other young man you will surely find Gm Dm Cm F For love turns aside and soon grows cold Gm F Like a winter's morning Bb Eb F Bb F Bb Like a winter's mor-ning, when the fields are clad in snow" Bb Eb Bb Gm She said "I'll never forsake my dear Bb Dm Eb Bb Al-though we've been parted this many a year Gm Dm Cm F Gentle was he, not a rake like you Gm F Who'd induce a maiden Bb Eb F Bb F Bb Who'd induce a mai-den to slight the jacket blue" Bb Eb Bb Gm One half of the ring did young William show Bb Dm Eb Bb She ran dis-tracted in grief and woe Gm Dm Cm F Saying "William, oh William, I have gold in store Gm F For my dark-eyed sailor Bb Eb F Bb F Bb For my dark-eyed sai-lor, he has come home again"