X: 1
T:Song of the Red War-Boat
L:1/8
S:Rewards and Faires, 1910
C:Rudyard Kipling, 1910
C:Music: Erich Schraer, 1983
M:6/8
Q:1/8=250
K:CMin
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w:Shove off from the wharf-_edge! Stead-y!_ Watch for a smooth!_ Give Way!_ If
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w:she feels the lop_ al-read-y_ She'll stand on her head in the bay._ It's ebb-it's dusk-it's
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w:blow-ing-_ The shoals are a mile_ of white,_ But, snatch her a-long!,_ we're go-ing_ To
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w:find our mas-ter to-night._ For we hold that in all_ di-sas-ter_ Of ship-wreck, storm,_ or
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w:sword,_ A Man must stand by his Mas-ter_ When once he has pledged_ his word._