Ten thousand times it's you.
For I'm going over the ocean,
love, to seek for something new
Come and change your ring with me, dear girl,
come and change your ring with me
That it might be a token of true
love when I am on the sea
And when I'm far upon the sea,
you'll know not where I am
Kind letters I will write to you
The secrets of my heart, dear girl,
and the best of my good will
For let my body be where it might,
my heart will be with you still
There's a heavy storm a -risin',
see how it gathers round.
While we poor boys on the ocean
wide are fighting for the crown
There's nothing to protect us,
love, or keep us from the cold
On the ocean wide where we must
fight like jolly seamen go
There's tinkers, tailors,
and shoemakers lyin' snorin' fast asleep
While we poor boys on the ocean white
are plowin' through the deep
Our officers commandin' us
Expecting every moment or two he'd cast away
When the wars are all over,
there'll be peace on every shore
We'll go home to our wives and our families,
and the girls that we love
We'll call for liquor merrily an
And when our money is all gone we'll boldly