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Sailor's Hornpipe

Traditional

Part 1:
G	-	A	D
G	C	D	G  (repeat part 1)
Part 2:
G	C	A	D
G	C	D	G  (repeat part 2)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Part 1:

Oh the sailor's life is the life for me,  How I long to sail o'er the bounding sea,

And I never, never, ever do a thing about the weather,  For the weather never ever does a thing for me.

Part 2:

Oh the sailor's life is the life for me,  Tiddle eeum pom porn deedle durn dee dee.
And I never, never, ever do a thing about the weather,  For the weather never ever does a thing for me.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Bill Keith play "Sailor's Hornpipe" on the 5-string banjo (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com