Papa, Build Me A Boat by Dock Boggs

Papa, Build Me A Boat - Dock Boggs, Banjo in gDGBD tuning, Mike Seeger, guitar in G position, standard tuning.

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Papa, Papa, build me a boat
So upon this river, I can float
Every ship I chance to see
I'll inquire of sweet Willie

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"Captain, Captain, tell me true,
Does sweet Willie sail with you?"
"No, oh no, he don't said with me.
He got drownded in the deep blue sea."

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I'm a-goin' away, little darling girl
Going away for a while
But I will return to you sweetheart
Should I go ten thousand mile

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Stars may rule the ocean, sweetheart,
And the Heavens may cease to be
This Earth will lose its motion, sweetheart,
Should I prove false to thee

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