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JACK AND JOE Sung by: Unknown Recorded in Mountain View, AR 4/20/63 Click here to listen to the original recording Went sailing o’er the foam, Each one vowing a fortune to make Before returning home. In one short year, Jack gained his wealth And sailed for home that day, And as they both shook hands to part, Poor Joe could only say: Chorus: “Give my love to Nellie, Jack, And kiss her once for me. The sweetest girl in all the world, You'll know, you’ll say ‘tis she. Treat her kindly, Jack, old boy, And tell her I am well. These parting words you can’t forget, To give my love to Nell.” In one short year, Joe gained his wealth And sailed for home that day. He sailed for home across the foam To make sweet Nellie his wife, But then he heard that Jack and Nell Had one whole year been wed, And so he cried and then he sighed And wished he’d never said: (Chorus) They chanced to meet upon the street. Joe says, “You selfish elf! The next girl I learn to love, I’ll kiss her for myself. But all is fair in love, they say, And since you’ve gone and wed, I’ll not be angry with you, boy,” And once again he said: (Chorus) Also found in Randolph, Vol. IV, #813; Brown, Vol. II, #274. |
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