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It was a windless night
When you left the ship
You never were
A steady bold one
I gave my hand
Ah but you did slip
I’m a living man
And you're a cold one
Haul away
Haul away for home
My love’s as fair
As a girl can be
My wedding ring's
A heavy gold one
Now you lie alone
In the deep dark sea
I’m a living man
And you're a cold one
So haul away
Haul away for home
The morning brings
Lord a fresh young breeze
To fill our sails
And end the doldrums
Our lucky ship
Speeds across the sea
I’m a living man
And you're a cold one
So haul away
Haul away for home
When you left the ship
You never were
A steady bold one
I gave my hand
Ah but you did slip
I’m a living man
And you're a cold one
Haul away
Haul away for home
My love’s as fair
As a girl can be
My wedding ring's
A heavy gold one
Now you lie alone
In the deep dark sea
I’m a living man
And you're a cold one
So haul away
Haul away for home
The morning brings
Lord a fresh young breeze
To fill our sails
And end the doldrums
Our lucky ship
Speeds across the sea
I’m a living man
And you're a cold one
So haul away
Haul away for home
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To add some fuel to the fire: no one said that his 'love as fair as a girl can be' is the same person as the wife, which has so sadly slipped on a windless night ;) It seems the weight of his marriage (maybe to a 'cold' but wealthy wife whom he never loved), perhaps coupled with a superstition of a woman on-board (probably during a prolonged period of windless weather) incited him to help her leave the ship. Regret, if there ever was any, does not seem to occupy his mind; in fact, he seems relieved to sail back home instead of starving to death due to windless weather and rejoices in his freedom found anew. Those privateers maybe weren't pirates, but they ain't the nicest kind either ;)