MY JOHNNY WAS A SHOEMAKER
Lyrics: WJ Florence (c1850s), melody: traditional
My Johnny was a shoemaker and dearly he loved me,
My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea
With pitch and tar to soil his hands
And to sail across the sea, stormy sea
To sail across the stormy sea
His jacket was a deep sky blue and curly was his hair,
His jacket was a deep sky blue it was, I do declare.
To reive the topsail up against the mast
And to sail across the sea, stormy sea
To sail across the stormy sea
Some day he’ll be a captain bold with a brave and gallant crew,
Some day he’ll be a captain bold with a sword and spy-glass too.
And when he has his gallant captain’s sword
He'll come home and marry me, marry me
He’ll come home and marry me.
And when I am a captain's wife, I'll sing the whole day long,
Yes! When I am a captain's wife then this will be my song.
May peace and plenty bless us all our days
And little ones upon my knee, on my knee
And little ones upon my knee