Sails


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I viewed in my presence
A 
My hand on my forehead
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And sighting the liners
Bm 
Of mad merchant seamen  
Am 
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In search of the living
D 
Or the spices of Chi
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na

Lucy walked gently

Between the damp barrels
And shut out my eyes
With the width of her fingers
Said she’d guessed the number
Of bales in the back room

 
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While the seagulls were screaming
A/C# 
Lucy was e
Bm 
ati
C 
ng
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Then we hauled up our colours
A/C# 
The way the mother had to
Bm 
ld  
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us
Am 
And together we ju
Bm 
st watched the sa
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ils

Lucy I said

In a passage of cotton kegs
Can we hold hands
I’m sure that it’s warmer
Then the gulls ate the crumbs
Of Lucy’s sandwich

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