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.