When You Were Sweet Sixteen (Pirate Shanty Version)

Verse 1 I love you! (Ha!) As I never loved before, Since first you spoke to me—upon a yonder shore! Al-though the years have flown, my boys, our love has surely grown, My thoughts are yours! And yours! And yours! And yours a-lone! Chorus (And it's) I! Love! You! As I loved you, When you were sweet sixteen! Un-to my heart—you were a queen, The pur-est that I've ev-er seen! If the world were mine to give, my lads, I'd give it all to you! I! Love! You! As I loved you, When you were sweet sixteen! (Drink 'em up!) Verse 2 Your cheeks have lost the blos-som, girl, that once they proudly wore, Your step is not so light, me hearties, as yours of yore! But still your sil-ver hair to me—is beautiful and fair, No girl a-shore, or on the sea, can with my love com-pare! Chorus (And it's) I! Love! You! As I loved you, When you were sweet sixteen! Un-to my heart—you were a queen, The pur-est that I've ev-er seen! If the world were mine to give, my lads, I'd give it all to you! I! Love! You! As I loved you, When you were sweet sixteen!