Nancy Lee

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

Of all the wives as e'er you know

Yeo-ho lads ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho

There's none like Nancy Lee I trow

Yeo-ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho

See there she stands and waves her hands

Upon the quay and every day

When I'm away she'll watch for me

And whisper low when tempests blow

For Jack at sea Yeo-ho lads ho! Yeo-ho

CHORUS after each verse

The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be

Yeo-ho we go across the sea

The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be

The sailor's wife his star shall be

The harbor's past the breezes blow

Yeo-ho lads ho Yeo-ho! Yeo-ho

'Tis long ere we come back I know

Yeo-ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho

But true and bright from morn till night

My home will be and all so neat

And snug and sweet for Jack at sea

And Nancy's face to bless the place

And welcome me Yeo-ho lads ho Yeo-ho

The bosun pipes the watch below

Yeo-ho! lads ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho

Then here's a health afore we go

Yeo-ho Yeo-ho Yeo-ho

A long, long life to my sweet wife

And mates at sea and keep our bones

From Davy Jones where-e'er we be

And may you meet a mate as sweet

As Nancy Lee Yeo-ho lads ho Yeo-ho

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com