Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy

Adieu sweet lovely Nancy Ten Thousand times adieu For I’m going around the ocean love to seek for something new Come change your ring with me dear girl come change your ring with me That it might be a token of true love while I am on the sea. 2. And when I’m far across the sea you’ll know not where I am Kind letters I will send to you from every foreign land The secrets of your mind dear girl are the best of my good will For let my body be where it might my heart will be with you still. 3. There’s a heavy storm arising see how it gathers round While we poor souls on the ocean love 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. 4. There are tinkers tailors shoemakers lie snoring fast asleep While we poor souls on the ocean love are ploughing through the deep Our officers commanded us and then we must obey Expecting every moment for to get cast away. 5. 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 call for liquor merrily and spend our money free And when our money is all spent we’ll boldly go to sea.