Shipping Up To Johnny In a Rose Tattoo

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I m a sailor peg, and I lost my leg

I climbed up the topsails, I lost my leg

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I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping off To find my wooden leg

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When on the road to sweet Athy, hurroo hurroo

When on the road to sweet Athy, hurroo hurroo

When on the road to sweet Athy

A stick in the hand, a drop in the eye

A doleful damsel I heard cry

Johnny I hardly knew ya


We had guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo hurroo

We had guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo hurroo

We had guns and drums and drums and guns

The enemy never slew ya

Johnny I hardly knew ya

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I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping off To find my wooden leg

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The pictures tell the story

This life has many shades

I?d wake up every morning and before I?d start each day

I?d take a drag from last nights cigarette

That smoldered in it?s tray

Down a little something and then be on my way

I traveled far and wide

And laid this head in many ports

I was guided by a compass

I saw beauty to the north

I drew the tales of many lives

And wore the faces of my own

I had these memories all around me

So I wouldn?t be alone


Some may be from showing up

Others are from growing up

Sometimes I was so messed up and didn?t have a clue

I ain?t winning no one over

I wear it just for you

I?ve got your name written here

In a rose tattoo


In a rose tattoo In a rose tattoo

I?ve got your name written here In a rose tattoo

In a rose tattoo In a rose tattoo

I?ve got your name written here In a rose tattoo

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I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping up to Boston,(whoa oh oh)

I m shipping off To find my wooden leg

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