Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy (Bob & Jim) Lyrics
Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy (Bob & Jim) - The Copper Family
Here's adieu sweet lovely Nancy
Ten thousand times adieu
I'm a-going around the ocean love
To seek for something new
Come change your ring with me dear girl
Come change your ring with me
For it might be a token of true love
While I am on the sea
When I'm far upon the sea you know
Not where I am
Kind letters I will write to you
From every foreign land
The secrets of your heart dear girl
Are the best of my good will
So let your body be where it might
My heart shall be with you still
There's a heavy storm a-rising
See how it gathers round
While we poor souls on the ocean wide
Are fighting for the crown
There's nothing to protect us love
Or to keep us from the cold
On the ocean wide where
We must bide like jolly seamen bold
There's tinkers tailors shoemakers
Lie snoring fast asleep
While we poor souls on the ocean
Wide are ploughing through the deep
Our officers commanding us
And them we must obey
Expecting every moment for
To get cast away
But when the wars are all over
There'll be peace on every shore
We'll return to our wives
And our families and the girls that we adore
We'll will call for liquor merrily
We will spend our money free
And when the money
It is all gone we'll boldly go to sea