I am a little surprised to find that Roseanna is not yet a listed song. Here's a version Lady Hillary does:

BACK TO CONTENTS

ROSEANNA

Oh Roseanne, my Roseanne,
Bye bye my Roseanna,
Oh Roseanne, sweet Roseanne,
I won't be home tomorrow

Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye, bye bye,
Bye bye my Roseanna,
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye, bye bye,
I won't be home tomorrow

Our ship is a-sailing at break of day,
We're bound away across the bay.

Our ship is a-sailing around the bend,
All loaded down with fishermen.

Well a dollar a day is a fisherman's pay,
Its easy come, easy go away.

Our ship is a-sailing across the bay,
We won't be back for manys the day.

So Roseanne, sweet Roseanne,
Oh Roseanne, my Roseanne.

---

Combined threads. Barry's post from 1998 has a tune and some info about origins, and it doesn't seem to have been harvested for the DT. -JC