Leave Her, Johnny

I thought I heard the captain say

     Leave her, Johnny, leave her

You may go ashore and spend your pay

     It’s time for us to leave her

CHORUS

     Leave her, Johnny, leave her, leave her, Johnny, leave her

For the voyage is long and the winds don't blow

     It’s time for us to leave her

Oh the wind and the sea ran high

She shipped it green and none went by

Oh a dollar a day is a jackshite’s pay

To pump all night and work all day

The rats have gone and as for the crew

It’s time, me boys, that we went too

On the wind was foul and the work was hard 

From Liverpool Docks to Brooklyn Yard