Johnny Todd
Johnny Todd, he took a notion
For to sail across the sea
But he left his true love behind him
Standing on the Belfast Quay
For a week she wept with sorrow
Tore her hair and wrung her hands
Till she met with another sailor
Walking by the Belfast Strand
I'll buy you the beads and earrings
I'll buy you the diamond stones
I'll buy you a horse to ride on
when your lover's dead and gone
Weep no more my dearest Mary
Rock the child upon your knee
I'll be back again tomorrow
And a sailor's wife you'll be
Johnny Todd came home from sailing
Far across the ocean wide
And he found his fair and false one
Was another sailor's bride
So all young men who go a sailin'
For to fight the foreign foe
Do not leave your love like Johnny
Marry her before you go
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