Traditional & Folk Songs with Chords
Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor
Jack Was Every Inch A Sailor - Lyrics & Chords
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C |
| Now, 'twas |
twenty-five or thirty years |
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G7 |
| Since Jack first saw the |
light; |
He came into this world of woe
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C |
| One dark and stormy |
night. |
He was born on board his father's ship
'Bout twenty-five or thirty miles
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C |
| Southeast of Bacalh |
ao. |
Chorus:
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G7 |
| Jack was |
every inch a sailor, |
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C |
| Five and t |
wenty years a whaler, |
|
G7 |
| Jack was |
every inch a sailor, |
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C |
| He was born upon the deep blue |
sea. |
When Jack grew up to be a man,
He went to Labrador,
He fished in Indian Harbour
Where his father fished before.
On his returning in the fog,
He met a heavy gale,
And Jack was swept into the sea
And swallowed by a whale.
The whale went straight for Baffin's Bay
'Bout ninety knots an hour,
And ev'ry time he'd blow a spray,
He'd send it in a shower.
"Oh, now," says Jack unto himself,
"I must see what he's about."
He caught the whale all by the tail
And turned him inside out.
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