The Keel Row

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As I cam thro' Sandgate, thro' Sandgate, thro' Sandgate;
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As I cam thro' Sandgate I heard a lassie sing:
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Weel may the keel row, the keel row, the keel row;
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Weel may the keel row that my laddie's in.

Weel may the keel row, etc.

He wears a blue bonnet, blue bonnet, blue bonnet;

He wears a blue bonnet, a dimple in his chin.

Weel may the keel row, the keel row, the keel row;

Weel may the keel row that my laddie's in.

Weel may the keel row, etc.

Anonymous.

A popular Tyneside melody before 1760