[ music: Traditional/lyric: arranged by 10,000 Maniacs ]
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on one morning
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in the month of May
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when all the birds
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were singing
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I saw a lovely maiden stray
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across the fields at break of day
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she softly sung her roundelay
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the tide flows in
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the tide flows out
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twice every day returning
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her cheeks were red
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her eyes were brown
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her hair in ringlets hanging down
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upon her face to hide the frown
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just as the tide was a flowing
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the tide flows in
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the tide flows out
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twice everyday returning
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a sailor's wife at home must bide
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she halted heavily she sighed
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"he parted from poor me , a bride
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I'm widowed by the sea" she cried
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just as the tide was a flowing
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the tide flows in
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the tide flows out
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twice every day returning
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Just As The Tide Was A Flowing
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