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Sam's Gone Away

 

Oh I wish I was a sailor aboard a man-o-war

Sam's gone away aboard a man-o-war
Pretty work brave boys,
Pretty work I say,
Sam's gone away aboard a man-o-war.

Oh I wish I was a cabin boy aboard a man-o-war

Oh I wish I was a steward aboard a man-o-war

Oh I wish I was a mate aboard a man-o-war

Oh I wish I was a captain aboard a man-o-war



O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!
- Bates, Katharine Lee (1859-1929)