*Update: Wow. I could not have been more wrong about this song! Multiple websites listed it as ‘traditional.’ It was actually written by the English/Australian team of Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett in 1973! I didn’t even get the country right. I apologize for my lack of due diligence.

(One for the) Morning Glory

At the end of the day I like a little drink to raise up me voice and sing And an hour or two of the fine brown brew and I'm ready for anything. At the Cross Keys Inn there were sisters four, the landlord's daughters fair. And every night when they'd turn out the light, I would tiptoe up the stairs

(Chorus) One for the Morning Glory, two for the early dew Three for the man that can stand his ground. And four for the love of you me girls, Four for the love of you.

I got the call from a foreign shore to go and fight the foe And I thought no more of the sisters four, though still I was sad to go I sailed away on a ship, the Morning Glory was her name And we'd all fall down when the rum went 'round, then we'd get up and start again, singin'

(Chorus)

I bore once more for my native shore, farewell to the ragin' sea And the Cross Keys Inn, it was beckonin' and my heart was filled with glee For there on the shore were the sisters four with a bundle upon each knee There were three young girls and a bouncing boy and the all looked just like me

(Chorus)

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