Nancy Whiskey

(New Lyrics by Michael Hyde)

I am a sailor, a rovin' sailor
I am a brash and a roving blade
I have silver in my pockets
And I cross the rolling sea

(Chorus)
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O

As I sailed into Glasgow city
Nancy Whiskey I chanced to smell
I walked in, sat down beside her
Seven long years I loved her well

(Chorus)

The more I kissed her, the more I loved her
The more I kissed her, the more she smiled
I forgot my father's teaching
Nancy Whiskey had me beguiled

(Chorus)

I woke early in the mornin'
To slake me drought, it was me need
I tried to rise but I was not able
Nancy had me by the head (Scots pronounciation: heed)

(Chorus)

I'll go back to the blue water sailing
I'll surely make those gallants fly
I'll make more on the crosstree braces
Than ever I did in a alehouse dive

(Chorus)

So come all ye sailors, ye roving sailors
Sailors where e're ye be
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
She'll ruin you like she ruined me

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