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Johnny Todd he took a notion
For to cross the ocean wide.
There he left his true love a-weeping
Waiting by
the Liverpool tide.
For a week she wept full sorely,
Tore her hair and wrung her hands
Till she met with
another sailor
Walking on the Liverpool sands.
O fair maid why are you weeping
For your Johnny gone to
sea?
If you'll wed with me tomorrow
I will kind and constant be.
I will buy you sheets 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 sailing,
Far across the ocean wide,
There he found that his fair and false one
Was another sailor's
bride.
So, all you lads who go a-sailing
For to fight the foreign foe.
Never leave your true love like
Johnny,
Marry her before you go!
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