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Johnny Todd he took a notion For to go across the sea, And he left his love behind him, Weeping by the Liverpool sea. For a week she wept full sorely, Tore the hair and wrung her hands, Till she met another sailor Walking on the Liverpool sands. "Why, fair maid, are you a-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 your baby in." Johnny Todd came back from sailing, Sailing o'er the ocean wide; But he found his fair and false one, Was another sailor's bride. All young men who go a-sailing, For to fight the foreign foe, Don't you leave your love like Johnny— Marry her before you go. |