Adieu sweet lovely Nancy   Ten thousand times adieu   I am bound to cross the ocean   To seek for soemthing new   Come change your ring with me dear girl   Come change your ring with me   That it might be a token of true love   When I am on the sea      And now that I am on the sea   I know not where I am   Kind letters I will write to you   From every foreign land   The secrets of my mind fine girl   The best of all goodwill   So let your body be where it is   My heart will be with you still      There's a heavy storm arising   See how it gathers round   While wepoor souls on the ocean wide   Are fighting for the crown   Our officer commands us   And it's him we must obey   Expecting every moment   For to get washed away      There are tinkers tailors shoemakers   Lie snoring asleep   While we poor souls on the ocean wide   Are ploughing through the deep   There's no-one to defend us love   And keep us from the cold   On the ocean wide where we must bide   Like jolly sailors all      And now the wars are over   They'll be peace on every shore   We'll drink to our wives and our children   And the girls that we adore   We'll call for liquor merrily   And spend our money free   And when our money is all gone   We'll boldly go to sea