[Verse 1]
G C G
Johnny Todd, he took a notion
C D
For to cross the ocean wide
G C G
And he left his love behind him
D G
Walking by the Liverpool tide
[Verse 2]
G C G
For a week, she wept with sorrow
C D
Tore her hair and wrung her hands
G C G
Till she met another sailor
D G
Walking by the Liverpool sands
[Verse 3]
G C G
Fair young maid are you a weeping
C D
For your Johnny gone to sea
G C G
If you'll wed with me tomorrow
D G
I will kind and constant be
[Verse 4]
G C G
I will buy you sheets and blankets
C D
I'll buy you a wedding ring
G C G
You shall have a silver cradle
D G
For to rock the baby in
[Verse 5]
G C G
Johnny Todd came home from sailing
C D
Sailing on the ocean wide
G C G
And he's found his fair and false one
D G
Was another sailor's bride
[Verse 6]
G C G
All young men who go a sailing
C D
For to fight the foreign foe
G C G
Do not leave your love like johnny
D G
Marry her before you go