Sailor Girl

Another song about sailors. I like the sea.
hope you enjoy

lyrics and melody by Sarah Armstrong

oh a sailor girl fell in love in every town
carved their names into her heart
and had to watch them drown
they all swam out towards her ship,
whenever she did leave
drowning in the darkness they left their girl to grieve,
left their girl to grieve.

The first was a performer
he made joking a fine art,
but the circus tent in town fell down
and it only broke his heart
soon he wasn't laughing
and the girl she couldn't stay
so she kissed his brother
and they both left the next day

his brother was a mountain man
they hid up in the hills
but berries didn't buy much
and our sailor lost the thrill.
so she found her self a river,
got a boat and sailed away
leaving the mountain man
with all the bills to pay
all the bills to pay
all the bills to pay

oh a sailor girl fell in love in every town
carved their names into her heart
and had to watch them drown
they all swam out towards her ship,
whenever she did leave
drowning in the darkness they left their girl to grieve,
left their girl to grieve.

oh a sailor girl she don't know what she needs
she wants to have the ocean
she wants to own the sea
she doesn't have a compass, a captain or a map
boys keep swimming out to sea,
they don't see its a trap.
don't see its a trap
they don't see its a trap.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• uke
• Ukulele
• acoustic
• folk
• acoustic music
• folk music
• ukulele player
• original
• songwriter
• sailor girl
• Sarah Amelia Armstrong
• Sarah Gillian Armstrong
• Sarah Armstrong Song Singer

[Scottishrepublic]

Great song but the lyrics are hard to understand - can you write them?

[SarahAmeliaArmstrong]

@Scottishrepublic there you go! tabs will be up soon too!

[JukeBaux]

This is awesome! tabs? =D Id love to learn this! =)

[SarahAmeliaArmstrong]

@JukeBaux only if I can see a video!!! I've never had anyone do a cover of my songs!! stoked. Once my exams are over I'll write them up for you, they're super easy xx

[SarahAmeliaArmstrong]

thank you ben! miss you bro, catch up in the new year xx

[JDSawatzky]

Awesome!



[SarahAmeliaArmstrong]

@JDSawatzky thanking you kindly :)

[TehPandamouse]

This is brilliant, just seen it through ukulelehunt. Please PLEASE write up the tabs for it!

[lovelovelowran]

I absolutely love this song! I have been singing it non stop since I first heard it! I would love to play it on accordion if you could give me the chords? :)

[MillionDollarStudent]

This is incredible. I love the timbre of your voice and I love the dark, mysterious melody. It fits together absolutely perfect. Well done.

[fjeppesen]

Really nice :) but next time find somewhere else to record.. The sound is really echo'y and makes it sound pretty bad imo :/

[beazk]

真好听！我要学！

[JukeBaux]

@SarahAmeliaArmstrong I would be more than happy to learn this and record it =D