Here's the old song about the boy who has gone off to sea but promises to come home and marry the girl. She certainly seems certain about this in the song. Because of this certainly, I choose to sing this song with a little more fight and intensity in the rhythm. My first introduction to teh song was the Steeleye Span version which can beard here. I have performed this song with 2 other women. We adjusted the meaning of the song to be a cat-fight between the three of us over Johnny who had foolishly give us all identical necklaces. This recorded version adds Michelle Levy's energetic fiddle accompaniment.
My Johnny was a shoemaker and dearly he loved me
My Johnny was a shoemaker, but now he's gone to sea
For to reive the topsails up against the mast
and to sail across the sea, stormy sea
And sail across the stormy sea.
His Jacket was a deep sky blue and curly was his hair
His jacket was a deep sky blue, it was I do declare
With pitch and tar to soil his hands
and to sail across the sea, stormy sea
And sail across the stormy sea
Some day he'll be a captain bold with a brave and gallant crew
Some day he'll be a captain bold with a sword and spyglass too
And when he has a gallant captain's sword
He'll come home and marry me, marry me
He'll come home and marry
He'll come home and marry me