Oakland Tribune (Sept. 26, 1909):

There is whiskey in the cabin,
And we can't get it out,
Whiskey, Joh9nnie!
There is whiskey in the cabin -
And we can't get it out,
Whiskey for my Johnnie!

For the old man says it gives you gout -
Whiskey, Johnnie!
For the old man says it gives you gout
Whiskey for my Johnnie!

The Sun (Vancouver) (Nov. 13, 1913):

"It awakens old memories and recalls a voyage taken on the Cunarder, Java (the 'jumping Java'), forty years ago. The favorite chantey aboard ship was the following one:

Whiskey is the life of man,
Whiskey hey, whiskey ho,
Whiskey is the life of man,
Whiskey for my Johnnie oh.
    Whiskey hey, whiskey ho,
    Whiskey for my Johnnie oh.

Whiskey is my friend and foe,
Whiskey hey, whiskey ho,
He knocked me down without a blow,
Whiskey for my Johnnie oh.
    Whiskey hey, whiskey ho,
    Whiskey for my Johnnie oh."


The Daily Province (Vancouver, B.C.) (Apr. 12, 1920):

Yes, whiskey made me sell my coat,
Oh, whiskey, my Johnnie!
Oh, whiskey's what keeps me afloat,
Oh, whiskey for my Johnnie!

Now, whiskey is a sailor's drink,
Oh, whiskey, my Johnnie!
We'll sell our payday for a drink,
Oh, whiskey for my Johnnie!


The Morning Press (Santa Barbara, Calif.) (Dec. 29, 1928):

"When I first went to sea sixty years ago the sailors used to sing --

A dollar a day is a sailor-man's pay!
O whiskey for my Johnnie!
I thought I heard the old man say,
More whiskey for my Johnnie!

Whiskey killed my sister Sue,
And whiskey killed the old man too!
More whiskey for my Johnnie!

When whiskey's gone, what will we do?
When whiskey's gone, then I go too!
More whiskey for my Johnnie!