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Home Boys Home Lyrics by The Mary Wallopers

2024

Oh who wouldn't be a sailor boys a 'sailin' on the main
To gain the respect of his captain's good name
He sailed ashore one evening for to be
And that was the beginning of me ol' true love and me
[Chorus]
And it's home, boys, home
Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country
Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree
Are all growin' green in the north country
I asked her for a candle now to light me way to bed
Likewise for a handkerchief to tie around me head
She tended to me needs like a young maid ought to do
And then I says to her: "Now won't you leap in with me too?"
[Chorus]
And it's home, boys, home
Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country
Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree
Are all growin' green in the north country
She jumped into bed, making no alarm
Thinking that a sailor boy would do to her no harm
I hugged her, I kissed her the whole night long
She wished the short night had been seven years long
[Chorus]
And it's home, boys, home
Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country
Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree
Are all growin' green in the north country
Oh, early next morning the sailor boy arose
Into Mary's apron threw a handful of gold
Saying, "Take this, me dear, for a mischief I've done
Tonight I fear I've left you with a daughter or a son"
Oh, if it be a boy child, send him out to nurse
With gold in his pocket and silver in his purse
And if it be a girl she can wear the jacket blue
And go out galavanting like her daddy used to do
[Chorus]
And it's home, boys, home
Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country
Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree
Are all growin' green in the north country
A warnin' me maidens, a warning take by me
Don't ever let a sailor boy an inch above your knee
For I trusted one and he beguiled me
And he left me with a pair of twins to dangle on me knee
[Chorus]
And it's home, boys, home
Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country
Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree
Are all growin' green in the north country
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The Mary Wallopers

The Mary Wallopers

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