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Johnny Todd he took a notion
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For to cross the ocean wide
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But he'd left his little love behind him
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Walking by the Liverpool tide
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For a week she wept with sorrow
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Tore her hair and wrung her hands
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Till she met another handsome sailor
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Walking by the Liverpool sands
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Why fair made are you a-weeping
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For your Johnny gone to sea?
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Johnny's gone and I am here beside you
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And I will kind and constant be
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I will buy you sheets and blankets
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I'll buy you a wedding ring
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You shall have a little golden cradle
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For to rock the baby in
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Johnny Todd come home from sailing
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Sailing on the ocean wide
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And he found his little false and fair one
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Was another sailor's bride
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Now all young lads who go a-sailing
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For to fight the foreign foe
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Never leave your own true love behind you
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Marry her before you go
Outro
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