Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy

Adieu, sweet lovely Nan, say ten thousand times adieu

I'm a-going around the ocean, love, to seek for something new

Come change your ring with me, dear

Girl, come change your ring with me

For it might be a token of true love while I am on the sea

And when I'm far upon the sea, you know not where I am

Kind letters I will write to you from every foreign land

The secrets of your heart, dear girl, are the best of my good will

So let your body be where it might, my heart will be with you still

There's a heavy storm a-rising, see how it gathers round

While we poor souls on the ocean wide are fighting for the Crown

There's nothing to protect us, love, or keep us from the cold

On the ocean wide where we must bide like jolly seamen bold

There's tinkers, tailors, shoemakers lie snoring fast asleep

While we poor souls on the ocean wide are ploughing through the deep

Our officers commanded us and then we must obey

Expecting every moment for to get cast away

But when the wars are over, there'll be peace on every shore

We'll return to our wives and our families and the girls that we adore

We'll cop a league and merrily and spend our money free

And when our money is all gone, we'll boldly go to sea