The Coal Boat Song

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I left Cape Briton on the coal boat
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for St. John's Newfoundland

I met a little girl named Sally
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And I took her by her little white hand

She shook her little head & said no way Fred,
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I won't go along with your plan
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You been workin' on the coal boat boy
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And you're nothin' but a dirty old man
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You been workin' on the coal boat boy
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And you're nothin' but a dirty old man

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Spoken ...Well I had to think of something real fast ya know
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Yeah well I'm gonna quit the dirty coal boats,
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I wanna live in Newfoundland

I'll buy a suit & get married,
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put a ring upon your little white hand

She nodded her head & said "Ok, Fred",
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Sall went along with the plan
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But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy
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And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man
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But I'm still workin on the Coal Boat boy
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And I'm nothin' but a dirty old man

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It was sometime later on the Coal Boat
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I got a little letter from home

Sally said Freddy was a good boy,
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but the little beggar wanted to roam

She said, "It's too bad he's got you for a dad
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And I hope that you feel real grand.
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He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy
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to be just like his dirty old man"
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He's gone working on the Coal Boats boy
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to be just like his dirty old man"

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I left Cape Briton on the coal boat
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for St. John's Newfoundland

I met a little girl named Sally
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And I took her by her little white hand

She shook her little head & said no way Fred,
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I won't go along with your plan
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You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy
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'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man
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You ain't gonna quits the coal boat boy
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'Cause I loves ya, ya dirty old man

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So come all young fellars on the coal boat,
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I hope you're gonna understand

If you got a pretty little girlfriend
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and ya takes her by the little white hand

If she turns her back & says "No way Jack,
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I won't go along with Yer plan"
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Just keep workin on the coal boats boy
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if ya wants to be a dirty old man
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Just keep workin on the coal boat boy
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And you'll be nothin' but a dirty old man