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Alfred Noyes - Name Sakes
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BUT where`s the brown drifter that went out alone ?
     -Roll and go, and fare you well-
" Was her name Peggy Nutten? " That name is my own.
Fare you well, my sailor.
They sang in the dark, " Let her go ! Let her go ! "
And she sailed to the West, where the broad waters flow;
And the others come back, but . . . the bitter winds blow.
     Ah, fare you well, my sailor.

The women, at evening, they wave and they cheer.
     -Roll and go, and fare you well-
They`re waiting to welcome their lads at the pier.
Fare you well, my sailor.
They`re all coming home in the twilight below;
But there`s one little boat. . . . Let her go ! Let her go!
She carried my heart, and a heart for the foe.
     Ah, fare you well, my sailor.

The Nell and the Maggie,  the Ruth and the Joan, 
     -`-Roll and go, and fare you well-
They come to their name-sakes, and leave me alone.
Fare you well, my sailor.
And names are kep` dark, for the spies mustn`t know;
But they`ll look in my face, an` I think it will show;
Peggy Nutten`s my name. Let her go ! Let her go!
     Ah, fare you well, my sailor.
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