Letters From Sea Tabulatur von Merry Wives Of Windsor

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My husband went to sea, six long months ago
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His fortune for to find and I long to see him so,
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And one fine day I met a sailor out on leave,
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He'd met my husband dear and this letter he recieved.

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My dear-est wife,

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I think we have been at sea for a bit to long my dear,
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I now feel wary as the crew calls me Mary and I sleep each night in fear,
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Yesterday I caught 'em staring at my bottom, I will come back when I can,
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I love to fornicate for sex is great, but not with another man.

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Several weeks had past, I could not remain merry 
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Because of lived in fear, For my husbands cherry,
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And to my great relief, good tidings for this day,
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I met another sailor and a second letter came.

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My dear-est wife,

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I know that we have been at sea for far to long I dread,
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For the pious pastor and the fat quartermaster, sleep in the same bunk bed
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Oh Red-headed Roy the cabin boy, locked himself below,
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I'll leave when I can, when we next find land, and I'll find my way back home

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Several months had passed my passion had a burn,
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To see my husband dear awaiting his return,
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When much to my surprise there came another boat,
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And another sailor, (Yahoo) ferrying another note

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My dear-est wife,

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I think that we will remain at sea for a few months true to tell
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For the second mate, thinks I'm great and we hit it off quite well
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In a drunken mist I couldn't resist when the rum passed round I went
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Oh the sex is rife in a sailors life if your indiscriminent

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My hus-band dear,

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I think that thee should stay at sea, for the streuth is truth I tell,
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For on your return the house I'll burn and I'll send you straight to hell
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So all young wives and newly wives do heed this sorry song, 
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You cant compete with the men of the fleet, When your husbands away too long