[Verse 1]
Come me own one, come me fair one
Come now unto me
Could you fancy a poor sailor lad
Who has just come from sea

[Verse 2]
You are ragged love and you're dirty love
And your clothes smell much of tar
So be gone you saucy sailor lad
So be gone you Jack Tar

[Verse 3]
If I am ragged love and I'm dirty love
And me clothes smell much of tar
I have silver in me pocket love
And gold in great store

[Verse 4]
And then when she heard him say say
On her bended knee she fell
I will marry my dear Henry
For I love a sailor lad so well

[Verse 5]
Do you think that I, I am foolish love
Do you think that I am mad
For to wed with a poor country girl
Where no fortune's to be had

I will cross the briny ocean
I will whistle and sing
And since you've refused the offer love
Some other girl shall wear the ring

I am frolicsome and I am easy
Good tempered and free
And I don't give a single pin me boys
What the world thinks of me