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I must go down to the seas again to the lonely sea and the sky
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And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by
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And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking
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And a grey mist on the sea's face and a grey dawn breaking
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I must go down to the seas again for the call of the running tide
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Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied
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And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying
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And the flung spray and the blown spume and the sea-gulls crying
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I must go down to the seas again to the vagrant gypsy life
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To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife
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And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
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And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the lo - ng trick's over
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And all I ask Is a tall ship And a sweet dream And the wind's song