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Barrack Street Lyrics by Nic Jones

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[Verse 1]
All sailors all come lend an ear, come listen to me song
A trick of late was played on me and it won't detain you long
I come from sea the other day and a girl I chanced to meet
"Oh, me friends will be expecting me to a dance in Barrack Street"
[Verse 2]
I said, "My young fair maid, I cannot dance so well
Besides I am to Windsor bound where all me friends do dwell
Been to sea the past two years, I've saved up thirty pounds
Me friends will be expecting me this night in Windsor town"
[Verse 3]
"Well, if you cannot dance, me love, then you shall stand a treat
Have a glass or two of brandy and a something for to eat
At six o'clock this evening, oh I'll meet you off the train
So don't forget to give a call when you come to town again"
[Verse 4]
At eight o'clock that evening, then, the drinking did begin
And when we all had drunk our fill the dancing did begin
Me and me love danced all around to a merry tune
She says, "Me dear, let us retire to a chamber alone"
[Verse 5]
So dancing being over and to bed we did repair
And there I fell fast asleep, the truth I will declare
Me darling with me thirty pounds, gold watch and chain had fled
Left me here poor Jack alone, stark naked in bed
[Verse 6]
So I looked all around me and there's nothing I could spy
But a woman's shirt and apron all on the bed did lie
I wrung me hands and tore me hair crying, "Oh, what shall I do?
Fare you well, sweet Windsor town, I'm sure I'll never see you"
[Verse 7]
Well, everything being silent and the hour but twelve o'clock
I put on the shirt and apron and I steered for Crowman's Wharf
The captain says, "Now Jack, I thought you were to Windsor bound"
"You might have got a better suit than that for thirty pound"
[Verse 8]
"I might have got a better suit if I'd had got the chance
I met a girl in Barrack Street, she took me to a dance
I danced me own destruction, now I'm struck from head to feet
Swear that I won't go no more down in Barrack Street"
[Verse 9]
So all of you young sailor lads a warning take from me
Beware of all your company when you go out on a spree
And keep clear of Barrack Street or else you'll rue the day
In a woman's shirt and apron, oh, they'll bring you out to sea
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Nic Jones

Nic Jones

About “Barrack Street” by Nic Jones

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