Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy

Lyrics
Adieu, sweet lovely Nancy, ten thousand times adieu, I am going across the ocean, love, to seek for something new. Come change your ring with me, dear girl, Come change your ring with me, For it might be a token of true love while I am on the sea. And when I'm far across the sea you'll know not where I am. Kind letters I will write to you from every foreign land. The secrets of your heart, dear girl, Are the best of my good will, So let your body be where it might, my heart will be with you still. There's a heavy storm arising, see how it gathers round, While we poor souls on the ocean wide are fighting for the crown. There's nothing to protect us, love, Or keep us from the cold, On the ocean wide, where we must fight like jolly seamen bold. There are tinkers, tailors, shoemakers, lie snoring fast asleep, While we poor souls on the ocean wide are ploughing through the deep. Our officers commanded us, And them we must obey, Expecting at every moment for to get cast away. But when the wars are over, there'll be peace on every shore, We'll return to our wives and our families, and the girls that we adore. We'll call for liquor merrily, And spend our money free, And when the money is all gone - we'll boldly go to sea.

Nashville Numbers
The melody is the high part in red and harmony is green.

12|3      3       3 2 3  | 4  5 5       54     | 32  1       2       21|1 ...       34|5       5       5 5 5  | 6  1 1       16     | 54  3       4       43|3 ...        A|dieu,   sweet   lovely | Na-n-cy,     ten    | thousand    times    a|dieu. 1 2 | 3       33       23   | 45       5       5  | 432   1     2   21    | 1 ...    3 4  | 5       55       5    | 61       1       1  | 654   3     4   43    | 3 ...    I am | going   around   the  | ocean,   love,   to | seek  for   something | new. 5   | 6      5    5    1    | 5   3    4     5    | 6      5    32   1    | 2 ...         |                       |                1    | 1      1    1    1    | 5 ...    Come | change your ring with | me, dear girl, Come | change your ring with | me. 1  2  | 3       3    3  323   | 4   5    5    5     | 43   2     1     21   | 1  3   4  | 5       5    5  5 5   | 6   1    1    1     | 65   4     3     43   | 3  For it | might   be   a  token | of  true love while | I    am    on    the  | sea.

1 = C (C), High Part, Low Part

Inspiration
This is an arrangement and an ease that makes me eager to perform this one.

Then there's Maddy Prior and Tim Hart doing a lovely version, and you can distinctly hear the different parts since they have such different voices.