As Jack went out walking all on a fine day,
A squire and his lady came a-walking that way.
Jack heard him to the lady say,
"Tonight with you, love, I mean to lay
With me do me ama, dee me ama, do me ama day."
"Just tie the string all around your finger
And let the other end dangle down from your window,
And I'll come by and I'll pull the string,
And you come down, love, and let me in
With me do me ama, dee me ama, do me ama day."
Jack says to himself, "I've a mind for to try,
And see if a poor sailor he can't win that prize."
So Jack walked by and he pulled the string
And she come down and she let old Jack in
With his do me ama, dee me ama, do me ama day.
Now the squire he came a-riding, he was singing a song,
He was thinking to himself how it wouldn't be long.
But when he got to the window, no string he found.
Behold his hopes was all dashed to the ground
And his do me ama, dee me ama, do me ama day.
It was early next morning, it was just getting light,
The lady sat up with a terrible fright.
For there lay Jack in his tarry old shirt,
And behold his face was all covered in dirt
And his do me ama, dee me ama, do me ama day.
"Oh what do you want, oh, you tarry sailor,
A-stealing in a lady's chamber to steal her treasure?"
"Oh no," says Jack, "I just pulled your string
And you come down love and let me in
With me do me ama, dee me ama, do me ama day."
Jack says to the lady, "Your pardon I pray,
And I'll steal away very quiet at the break of the day."
"Oh no," she says, "don't you go too far
For I never will part from me jolly Jack Tar
And his do me ama, dee me ama, do me ama day."