MANY YOUNG MEN OF 20.

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Many young men of 20 said goodbye

all that long day
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from break of dawn, until the sun was high
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many young men of 20 said goodbye.


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"Bye bye", Jimmy went that day
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on the big ships sailed away
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sailed away and left me here to die
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many young men of 20 said goodbye.



I met my love upon the mountain rim
the day he left
I knew I bore a living child of him
I knew I bore a living child of him.

And the child was born to me
Jimmy's gone across the sea
Jimmy's gone and here alone am I
many young men of 20 said goodbye.

My Jimmy said he'd sail across the sea
he swore his oath
he'd sail back home one day and marry me
he'd sail back home one day and marry me.

But my Jimmy let me down
now they mock me in the town
oh my Jimmy please come back to me
oh my Jimmy please come back to me.

Many young men of 20 said goodbye
all that long day
from break of dawn, until the sun was high
many young men of 20 said goodbye.

They left the mountains and the glens
the lassies and the fine young men
I saw the tears of every girl and boy
many young men of 20 said goodbye.