Barges

Barges, Author Unknown.

Tune
No known prior use of tune.

Usage
Typically sung as a bedtime song.

Song
Chorus:

Barges, I would like to go with you,

I would like to sail the ocean blue.

Barges, have you treasures in your hold?

Do you fight with pirates brave and Bold?

Lyrics:

Out of my window, looking in the night,

I can see those barges’ flickering lights.

Silently flows the river to the sea,

And the barges, too, go silently.

[Chorus]

Out of my window, looking in the night,

I can see those barges’ flickering lights.

Starboard shines green and port is glowing red,

I can see those barges flickering ahead.

[Chorus]

Out of my window, looking in the night,

I can see those barges’ flickering lights.

But I must stay beside my window drear,

As I watch them sail away from here.

[Chorus]

Music
 Verse 

G                                       C                            D7

Out of my window, looking in the night,

G               D7                                    G

I can see those barges’ flickering lights.

G                                     C                     D7

Silently flows the river to the sea,

G               D7        G

And the barges, too, go silently.

 Chorus 

G                                C                            D7

Barges, I would like to go with you,

G           C               G

I would like to sail the ocean blue.

G                                   C                                 D7

Barges, have you treasures in your hold?

G7                  C               G

Do you fight with pirates brave and Bold?

Leads on further information
This song is rumored to have been written by a girl in a wheelchair whom watched the barges at night from her hospital window. The actual origin is unknown at present, but this element is very common.

Links to Outside Sources
Missing: Examples of it being sung

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