[Intro]
Ah, ah

[Verse 1]
Upon one summer's morning, I carefully did stray
Down by the Walls of Wapping, where I met a sailor gay
Conversing with a young lass who seemed to be in pain
Saying, "Darling, when you go, I fear you'll ne'er return again"

[Verse 2]
Her hair, it hangs in ringlets, her eyes as black as coal
My happiness attend her wherever she may go
From Tower Hill to Blackwall, I'll wander, weep and moan
All for my jolly sailor, until she sails home

[Bridge]
Ah, ah

[Verse 3]
Come all you pretty fair maids, whoever you may be
Who love a jolly sailor bold that ploughs the raging sea
While up aloft in storm, from me her absence mourn
And firmly pray, arrive the day, she's never more to roam

[Chorus]
My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold
[Outro]
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold