Am                                F              G
I am a maid that sleeps in love and cannot feel my pain
    Am                           F              Am
For once I had a sweetheart, and Johnny was his name
    G           Am             C      Am        G
And if I cannot find him, I'll wander night and day
         Am                           F         G      Am
For it's for the sake of Johnny, I'll cross the stormy seas

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                                    F                  G
I'll cut off my yellow locks, men's clothing I'll wear on
    Am                              F               Am
And like a gallant soldier boy this road I'll gang along
  G             Am         C       Am        G
Enquiring for a captain, a passage to engage free
       Am                            F        G    Am
For to be his chief companion on the banks of liberty

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                                     F                  G
The very first night the captain lay down on his bed to sleep
      Am                           F               D
These very words he said to me, "I wish you were a maid
     G                 Am                 C     Am      G
Your cherry cheeks and ruby lips, they've often enticed me
  Am                        F        G                Am
I wish to the gods, unto my heart, a maid you were to me"

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                          F              G
In three days after that, we did land on shore
  Am                          F            Am
"Adieu, adieu, dear captain, adieu forever more
  G            Am                 C      Am    G
A sailor boy I was on ship, but a maid I am on shore
 Am                          F       G    Am
Adieu, adieu, dear captain, adieu forever more"

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                                              F              G
"Come back, come back, my blooming girl, come back and marry me
    Am                          F              Am
For I have a good fortune, I'll give it all to thee"
    G               Am          C         Am    G
"To marry you, dear captain, is more than I can say
         Am                           F      G         Am
For it's for the sake of Johnny, I'll wander night and day"