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O Waley Waley

A new tune from Grammar Schools For All: O Waley Waley.

Lyrics:

One night I sailed

into a storm

the winds and rain

bore down hard on me

made me forget

where I’d come from

made me forget

who I should be

I slipped and fell

I went overboard

I gave myself

to the open sea

the waters closed

over my head

the waters had

their way with me

oh won’t you drag

me to the shore

and set my feet

upon dry land

and I’ll go roving

abroad no more

but build my house

upon the sand