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Shallow Brown Lyrics
Shallow, Shallow, in the morning
Chorus: Shallow, Shallow Brown
It's Shallow as the day is dawnin'
Chorus: Shallow, Shallow Brown
I thought I heard the Old Man say
Tomorrow is our sailin' day
The blackbird said unto the crow:
I think it's time we roll and go
The blackbird sang and the crow said, "cah!"
Let's get this sail set by half-past four
We're bound away around Cape Horn
That's where the winds are never warm
My wife and baby they do grieve me
It breaks my heart for me to leave ye
Oh, I love you Juliana
Oh, yes, I love you Juliana
Chorus: Shallow, Shallow Brown
It's Shallow as the day is dawnin'
Chorus: Shallow, Shallow Brown
Tomorrow is our sailin' day
I think it's time we roll and go
Let's get this sail set by half-past four
That's where the winds are never warm
It breaks my heart for me to leave ye
Oh, yes, I love you Juliana
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This is from “Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys” a compilation cd to be released August 22nd, featuring various artists and created by Hal Wilner when Johnny Depp and the director of the two “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies—Gore Verbinski expressed an interest in pirate lore.
Makes me think of—We were schooner-rigged and rakish with a long and lissome hull And we flew the pretty colors of the crossbones and the skull The wind and sea were fair—we lay at anchor there When in the midnight dark—our watcher saw a spark …