JOHNNY TODD (2)

Johnny Todd, he took a notion
For to sail across the sea,
But he left his true love behind him
Standing by the Belfast Quay.

For a week she wept and sorrowed
Tore her hair and wrung her hands
Till she met with another sailor
Walking by the Belfast sands.

I will buy you beads and earrings
I'll buy you some diamond stones
I'll buy you a horse to ride on
When your true love's dead and gone.

What care I for beads and earrings
What care I for diamond stones
What care I for a horse to ride on
When my true love's dead and gone?

Weep no more my dearest Mary
Rock the child upon your knee
For I'll be back tomorrow morning
And a sailor I will be.

Source: "Cut the Loaf: Irish Children's Songs," Carmel O Boyle, Mercier Press, 1986.

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