WOODBINE ANNIE
(John Bryant)

Woodbine Annie was a well-known lady - all the sailors knew her name,
She was loved by everybody in Dover - Annie was on the game.
She'd been doin' what she did for years, but she never took money yet
Woodbine Annie only got her name 'cos she'd do it for a cigarette

Chorus: Annie baby I'm a sailor boy, and it's a year since I saw land,
All I want to do tonight is lie on you Woodbine Anne.

Freddie the Copper said he's never shop her - she was doing more good than bad
She could prove to be the only attraction Dover had ever had!
Well, her bed was bust and the springs were rusty but she loved her living so,
Woodbine Annie kept a-riding on- but the horse died long ago

(Chorus)

Woodbine Annie she passed away in a home of ill-repute
She was buried by the Royal Navy to a twenty-one gun salute.
When she died you could see the tears fall from many a roving eye -
She may be dead but she aint forgotten - you can still hear the sailors cry:
(Chorus, twice)

Hope this helps - Lynda from Norwich