Leave Her Johnny Leave Her

Oh, the times were hard and the wages low Leave her, Johnny, leave her I guess it's time for us to go And it's time for us to leave her

Beware these packet ships, I say Leave her, Johnny, leave her They'll steal your stores and your clothes away And it's time for us to leave her

Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow And it's time for us to leave her

There's Liverpool Pat in his tarpaulin hat Leave her, Johnny, leave her And Yankee John the pocket rat And it's time for us to leave her

She would not wear and she would not stay Leave her, Johnny, leave her She shipped great seas both night and day And it's time for us to leave her

Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow And it's time for us to leave her

It's rotten beef and weevily bread Leave her, Johnny, leave her It was pump or drown the old man said And it's time for us to leave her

The sails all furled, our work is done Leave her, Johnny, leave her And now ashore we'll take our run And it's time for us to leave her

Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow And it's time for us to leave her

Leave her, Johnny, leave her Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow And it's time for us to leave her