I am a sailor brisk and bold

Long time I've sailed the ocean

I've got take a commission from the King

To court all girls as handsome

With my false heart and flattering tongue

I'll court them all both old and young

I'll court them all but I marry none

And I'll call me the rambling sailor

And if you want to know my name

My name it is Young Johnson

I've got take a commission from the King

To court all girls as handsome

With my false heart and flattering tongue

I'll court them all both old and young

I'll court them all but I marry none

And I'll call me the rambling sailor

When first I came to Portsmouth town

And there were lasses many

I boldly stepped up to one

For her court for her money

I says

My dear be of good cheer

I will not leave you do not fear

I'll travel the country far and near

I'll call me the rambling sailor

But next I come to Portsmouth town

And there were lasses plenty

I boldly stepped up to a one

For her court for her beauty

I says

My dear what do you choose

Here's ale and a wine

And a rum punch too

Besides a pair of silks I ensure

If you travel with the rambling sailor

And then I rose up with the dawn

Just as the day was peeping

On tiptoe I'll out of my mind

I went turn of my love asleeping

And if she waits until I come

She may lie there

Till the day of her doom

I'll court some other girl in their room

And they call me the rambling sailor