Johnny Todd he took a notion
For to cross the ocean wide
And he left his love behind him
Walkin´ down by the Liverpool tide

For a week she wept full sorrows
Tore her hair and wrung her hands
Till she met another sailor
Walkin´ down by the Liverpool sands

Why fair maid are you a-weeping
For your Johnny gone to sea?
If you wed with me tomorrow
I´ll be by you constantly

I will buy you clothes and blankets
I´ll buy you a wedding ring
You shall have a gilded cradle
For to rock you baby in

Johnny Todd came home from sailin´
Sailin´ on that ocean wide
And he found his fair and false one
Was another sailor´s bride

Now, all you men who go a-sailing
For to fight the foreign foe
Never leave, never leave love like Johnny
Marry her before you go