I am a sailor blythe and gay
That's rambled for promotion
I've laid the French and the Spaniards low
Some miles across the ocean
I've travelled England and Ireland too
I've left behind both ship and crew
I've travelled my country through and through
Oh to be a rambling sailor
I've sailed the seas fought battles too
Long time I've ploughed the ocean
Fought for my queen and country too
Won medals and a promotion
But now a [birder?] shipmate said you
I've left behind both ship and crew
Travelled the country through and through
And to be a rambling sailor
And if you wanted to know my name
Then my name it is young Johnson
I have a mission from the queen
To court all the girls that is handsome
With my false false heart and flatteried tongue
I'll court them all but I'll marry marry none
I'll court them all both old and young
And I'll still be a rambling sailor
And when I came to Greenwich town
There I saw la**es in plenty
I always steeped up to them
To court them for their money
With my false false heart and flatteried tongue
I'll court them all but I'll marry marry none
I'll court them all both old and young
And I'll still be a rambling sailor