Oh, I only got one cap, and the crown of it's all gone
And the peak is all tore to a slunder,
And if I don't get no more, I'll put this cap in store
And across the western ocean I shall wander.

Then hurrah for your grog,
Your jolly, jolly grog,
Hurrah for the rum and tobacco,
For I've spent all my tin
On a lassie drinking gin,
And across the western ocean I shall wander.

Oh, I only got one shirt, and the neck of it's all gone
And the back is all tore to a slunder,
And if I don't get no more, I'll put that shirt in store
And across the western ocean I shall wander.

Oh, I only got one coat and the back of it's all gone
And the sleeves is all tore to a slunder,
And if I don't get no more, I'll put that coat in store
And across the western ocean I shall wander.

Oh, I only got one pair of pants and the buttons they are gone gone
And the legs is all tore to a slunder,
And if I don't get no more, I'll put them pants in store
And across the western ocean I shall wander.

Oh, I only got one pair of shoes and the heels they are gone
And the toes is all tore to a slunder,
And if I don't get no more, I'll put them shoes in store
And across the western ocean I shall wander.

Farewell, my lovely Nancy,
Ten thousand times adieu!
I'm a-going for to cross the ocean
In search of something new.
Come, change a ring wid me, my dear,
Come change a ring wid me;
And that will be my fond token
When I am on the sea-
When I am on the sea,
And you don't know where I be.

Now one fond kiss, my Nancy dear,
Now one fond kiss for me,
Before I go for to begin
To roam upon the sea.
And hear this secret of my heart:
Wid the best of my good-will,
Be where it may, this poor body,
Is yourn, sweet Nancy, still-
Is yourn, sweet Nancy, still,
Wid the best of my good-will.

En sjöman älskar havets våg, ja vågornas brus
När stormen skakar mast och tåg, hör stormarnas sus
Ch: Farväl, farväl, Förtjusande mö, vi komma väl snart igen!

Jag avsked tar av vännen kär, vid vågornas brus,