Johnny Todd Lyrics - The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan

Johnny Todd he took a notion 

For to sail the ocean wide. 

There he left his true love waiting 

Weeping on the Liverpool side. 

For a week she wept full sorely, 

Tore her hair and wrung her hands 

Till she met with another sailor 

Walking on the Liverpool sands. 

O fair maid why are you weeping 

For your Johnny gone to sea? 

If you'll wed with me tomorrow 

I will kind and constant be. 

I will buy you sheets and blankets, 

I'll buy you a wedding ring. 

You shall have a gilded cradle 

For to rock you baby in. 

Johnny Todd came home from sailing, 

Far across the ocean wide, 

There he found that his fair and false one 

Was another sailor's bride. 

So, all you lads who go a-sailing 

For to fight the foreign foe. 

Never leave your true love like Johnny, 

Marry her before you go! 

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