Judy Collins - Sailor’s Life CAPO: 4th Fret [Intro] [Chorus] Oh a sailor’s life is a weary life For he robs the girls of their delight Causes them to weep causes them to mourn Loss of a true love never to return [Verse 1] Oh father father build me a boat And on the world’s oceans I will float Hail each captain as I pass by There I’ll ask for my sailor boy [Verse 2] Oh captain captain tell me true Does my own Willie sail with you? Tell me soon to give me joy None will I have but my sailor boy [Verse 3] Oh no kind lady he’s not here He drowned in the gulf and we buried him there Upon the island as we passed by There we left your sailor boy [Verse 4] Oh she rung her hands and tore her hair Just like some lady in great despair Called for a chair to sit her down Penningdon for to write it down [Verse 5] Oh dig my grave wide and deep Put a marble stone at the head and feet On my grave a turtle dove Tell the world I died for my love [Chorus] Oh a sailor’s life is a weary life For he robs the girls of their delight Causes them to weep causes them to mourn Loss of a true love never to return