JOHNNY AND MOLLY
As sung by Dolores Keane (on the album There Was a Maid)

Johnny and Molly they sat reposing
Under a bank of blooming roses.
While at the quay the ships were waiting,
This young couple sat repeating:

REFRAIN (after each verse):
Love farewell, darling farewell,
And it's all for parting, love farewell.

"Johnny dear, now do not leave me,
For your absence it would grieve me;
For if you go where the cannons rattle,
I fear my love might fell in battle."

"Molly dear, now do not mourn,
For there's a relief at my returning;
For when I get back from the war's alarms,
I'll gently roll you in my arms."

The old woman says, "Now, do not wrong me,
Do not take my daughter from me,
For if you do I will torment you,
At my death my ghost will haunt you."

The ship now she sails on the stormy ocean,
Seeking out on high promotion;
While the trumpets sound and the drums are beating,
March, me boys, for there's no retreating.