[Intro]
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[Verse]
N.C. E C#m B A
Fare-well to you, my faithful Nancy
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And a thousand times, adieu
N.C. E C#m B A
For the constable comes up from Brackley Market
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And a hundred volunteers too
[Verse]
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No more will we hide in the forest
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For fear they would run us to ground
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But the wild sea, we sailed upon it
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Too close to the wind
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
C#m B A
For twenty years we have roved the highways
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Northamptonshire
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Daventry down to the southern byways
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Topped both the rich and the poor
[Verse]
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For ofttimes our families were starving
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And the highway it kept them alive
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And the wild sea, we sailed upon it
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Too close to the wind
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
C#m B A
Tonight I lie in a darkened dungeon
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Condemned on the gallows to die
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While the man who gave us away is only
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Bound for Australia
[Verse]
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No man could be found to defend us
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And naught but abuse came our way
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But the wild sea, we sailed upon it
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Too close to the wind
[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
C#m B A
And the clouds they rise over Northampton market
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And the crowds pour into the town
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And the people will throng in these streets until sunset
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When the hangman cuts us down
[Verse]
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And fifty children of Culworth
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Their fathers are taken away
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And the wild sea, they sailed upon it
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Too close to the wind
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The wild sea, we sailed upon it
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Too close to the wind
[Outro]
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