I'd sail away to the west

I'd sail around this whole wide world

To the boy I love the best If I had listened to what my mother said

I would not have been hee today

A-wishin for things I'll never have

And whittlin my young life away He tought me to weep he tought me to mourn

He tought me to leave my home

That lonesome town and those good old times

I'm on my way back home Now when you see that other blonde

There's something you can tell her

She need not blue her time away

Trying to steal my feller Now when you come a-courting me

Put on your navy blue

That long-tailed roustabout you wear

Don't do a thing for you