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The lyrics are very poetic, and talk about a lover who waits in vain for his cruel beloved to show up at her window. He then mentions his will to become a street water seller, and he says that the water he will sell will not be actual water, but it will be his tears of love. The lyrics have been
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The Music of the Waters: A Collection of the
Sailors' Chanties, Or Working Songs of the Sea, of All Maritime Nations. Boatmen's, Fishermen's, and Rowing Songs, and Water Legends
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