Sarah - Traditional Newfoundland

 

I came upon a charming girl and Sarah is her name,

Her parents want a husband with riches, wealth, and fame;

I haven't the wealth, and riches and fame have never come my way,

Till the night I went to visit my love and through the keyhole said:

 

Chorus

 

Sarah, Sarah, won't you come out tonight?

Sarah, Sarah, the moon is shining bright;

Put your hat and jacket on, tell your mother you won't be long,

And I'll be waiting for you 'round the corner.

 

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Oh Sarah is a girl like this, a girl you seldom see,

She only loves me for myself and not for my money;

Every night at eight o'clock she puts the needle away,

And standing just outside her door I through the keyhole say:

 

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One night a little after eight I crept up to her door,

I whispered, "Sarah, darling," as I'd often done before;

“I'll give you Sarah“ said a voice, as down I went in a flop,

That's what her mamma said as she chased me 'round the shop

 

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The old one thought she'd finished me, and I let her think so, too,

I lay there on the floor, oh,I scarce knew what to do;

At last she said, "He's alive, not dead, my girl I'll let him wed."

Then up I jumps, says, "Thank you ma'am," and to my girl I said:

 

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