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I WENT TO SEA.
I am a sailor, rough and bold,
And yet my childhood fair,
Was nurtured in a pleasant home,
By parents' tender care;
But at their hearth or by their side
I had no mind to be,
E'er since I heard a story told
Of one who went to sea.
I sat in school, but book or rule
No wise instruction brought,
