N-Ship That Never Returned
C-Henry Clay Work
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T-
S-100
K-D
B-4/4
F-From original sheet music
H-
M-5D-8 E-8 S-6 F-5 a-8 a-4 G-8 F-8 G-5 a-8 b-8 c-8 d-8 b-8 a-4 d-4 e-4 d-4 c-3 S-6
L-       On   a  sum-       mer's day,   when the wave        was  rip-pled By the sof-    test    gent-  lest   breeze,
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M-5e-8 e-8 S-6 d-5 b-8 b-4 F-8 F-8 G-5 a-8 b-8 c-8 d-8 b-8 a-5 F-8 D-4 E-4 F-3 S-6
L-    Did   a   ship        set   sail   with a  car-        go  la- den For a    port     be-   yond    the      seas.
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M-5D-8 E-8 S-6 F-5 a-8 a-4 G-8 F-8 G-5 a-8 b-8 c-8 d-8 b-8 a-4 d-4 e-4 d-4 c-3 S-6
L-      There were sweet     fare-wells  there were lo-      ving sig-nals While a form    was    yet     dis-   cerned;
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M-5e-8 e-8 S-6 d-5 b-8 b-4 F-8 F-8 G-5 a-8 b-8 c-8 d-8 b-8 a-5 F-8 D-8 D-8 E-4 F-3 S-6
L-     THough they knew      it    not,  'was a  so-      lemn   par- ting For the ship,     she   ne- ver re-    turned.
H-chorus:
M-5G#8 G-8 S-6 a-8 a-8 F-4 a-5 d-8 c-8 c-8 b-8_c-8 d-5 F-8 E-4 G#8 G-8 b-4 d-4 c-3 S-6
L-     Did   she ne- ver re-     turn?       She  ne-ver  re-    turned,      Her fate,  it is   yet     un-      learned,
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M-5e-8 e-8 S-6 d-5 b-8 b-4 F-8 F-8 G-5 a-8 b-8 c-8 d-8 b-8 a-4 R-8 F-8 D-8 D-8 R-8 E-8 F-3 S-6 S-6
L-    Though for years      and years   there were fond      ones wat-ching Yet the ship     she ne-ver      re-  turned.