Ruth Rosie - My Johnny was a Shoemaker

My Johnny was a shoemaker and dearly he loved me
My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea
With pitch and tar to soil his hands
And to sail across the sea, briny sea
And sail across the briny sea

His jacket was a deep sky blue and curly was his hair
His jacket was a deep sky blue and I loved him with all care
For to reef the topsails up against the mast
And to sail across the sea, briny sea
And sail across the briny sea

Some day he'll be a captain bold, with a brave and a gallant crew
Some day he'll be a captain bold with a sword and a musket too
And when he gets a gallant captain's sword
He'll come home and marry me, marry me
He'll come home and marry me

And when I am a captain's wife I'll sing the whole day long
And when I am a captain's wife then this will be my song
No more to sail the stormy, stormy sea
But together we will be, we will be
Together we will be

My Johnny was a shoemaker and dearly he loved me
My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea
With pitch and tar to soil his hands
And to sail across the sea, briny sea
And sail across the briny sea

Written by:
Ruth Rosie

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