Cat. #0392 (MFH #9) - As sung by Mrs. Bertha Lauderdale, Fayetteville, Arkansas on August 19, 1959
VERSE 1
A-dieu my lovely Nancy
Ten thousand times adieu
I'll be thinking of my own true love
I'll be thinking dear of you
VERSE 2
Will you change a ring with me, my love
Will you change a ring with me
It will be a token of true love
When I am far at sea
VERSE 3
When I am far away, my love
An' you know not where I am
Love letters, I will write to you
From every far off land
VERSE 4
When th farmer boys return
At night, they will tell their girls fine tales
Of all that they been doing
All day out in th fields
VERSE 5
Of th wheat and hay that they've cut down
Sure, it's all that they can do
While we, poor jolly joy hearts of ole
Must plow th seas all through
VERSE 6
An' when we return again, my love
To our own dear native shore
Great stories we will tell to you
How we plowed the ocean o'er
VERSE 7
An' we'll make the ale houses to ring
An' th taverns they will roar
An' when our money, it is all gone
Sure, we'll go to sea for more