Intro: G D G
Verse: 1
G
I wish I were in London,
D
Or some other seaport town
D
Set my foot in a steamboat
G
And sail the ocean `round.
Verse: 2
G
While sailing on the ocean,
D
While sailing on the sea
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
G
Wherever she might be.
Break
G D G
Verse: 3
G
Remember Handsome Molly
D
When you gave me your right hand?
D
And you said if you were to marry
G
Then I'd be the man.
Verse: 4
G
But now you broke your promise
D
Go marry whom you please
D
While my poor heart is breaking
G
You're going at your ease.
Break:
G D G
Verse: 5
G
She goes to church on Sunday
D
And she passes me on by
D
I can tell her mind is changin'
G
By the roving of her eye.
Verse: 6
G
Her hair is black as a raven
D
Her eyes are black as a crow
D
Her cheeks look like linens
G
out in the morning glow
Break:
G D G
Verse: 7
G
I wish I were in London,
D
Or some other seaport town
D
Set my foot in a steamboat
G
And sail the ocean `round.
Verse: 8
G
While sailing on the ocean,
D
While sailing on the sea
D
I'd think of handsome Molly
G
Wherever she might be.