Johnny Todd he took a notion

For to cross the ocean wide

And he's left his own true love behind him

Walking by the Liverpool tide

For a week she wept with sorrow

Tore her hair and wrung her hands

Till she met another handsome sailor

Walking by the Liverpool sands

Fair young maid are you a weeping

For your Johnny gone to sea

If you'll wed with me upon the morrow

I will kind and constant be

I will buy you sheets and blankets

I'll buy you a wedding ring

You shall have a silver rocking cradle

For to rock the baby in

Johnny Todd came home from sailing

Sailing on the ocean wide

And he's found his fair love was a false one

And another sailor's bride

All young men who go a sailing

For to fight the foreign foe

Do not leave your own true love like Johnny

Marry her before you go