Farewell my lovely Nancy, for now I must leave you
Unto the salt seals I am bound for to go
But let my long absence be of no trouble to you
For I will return in the spring as you know.

Like some pretty little sea boy, I will dress and go with you
In the deepest of danger, I shall stand your friend.
In the cold stormy weather, where the winds they are blowing
My dear,I'll be willing to wait on you then.

Your pretty little hands cannot handle our tackle
Your pretty little feet on our top mast can't go
And the cold stormy weather,love you ne'er can endure
Therefore dearest Nancy to the seas do not go

So farewell my lovely Nancy, for now I must leave you
Unto the salt seas I am bound for to go
But let my long absence bring no trouble to you
For I will return in the spring as you know/