I wish I were in London or some other seaport town I'd set my foot on a steamship and sail the ocean round
I'd sail upon the ocean while sailing on the sea & think of Handsome Molly wherever she might be
Remember Handsome Molly when you gave me your right hand
You said if you ever married that I would be that man
Said if you ever married that I would be that man
My love was one from cities far Nursed on a lonesome heath
Her lips were red as roses are
Her hair a woodbine wreath
Well I went to church on Sunday and I watched as she pa**ed by
I could tell her mind was changing by the roving of her eye
I would be that man
I would be that man
She said if we ever married that I would be that man