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papa, papa, build me a boat
so on this river I can float
every boat I chance to see
I'll enquire of sweet Willie
captain, captain, tell me true
does sweet Willie sail with you?
no, oh no, he don't sail with me
he got drowned in the deep blue sea
I'm a going away, little darling girl
I'm a going away for a while
but I will return to you sweet heart
should I go ten thousand mile
dark may rule the ocean, sweet heart
and heaven may cease to be
this earth will lose its motion, sweet heart
shall I prove false to thee