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Artist/Band: Burl Ives
Lyrics for Song: Leave Her, Johnny
Lyrics for Album: Down To The Sea In Ships [1956]



Oh, the times are hard and the wages low.

Chorus: Leave her, Johnny, leave her.

I'll pack my bag and go below.

Chorus: It's time for us to leave her.



It's growl you may but go you must:

It matters not if last or first.



I'm a-getting' thin and a-growin' sad

Since first I joined this woodenclad.



I thought I heard the first mate say,

"Just one more drag and then belay."



The work was hard and the voyage long:

The seas were high and the gales were strong.



The sails are furled: our work is done

And now on shore we'll have some fun.


Album Lyrics: Down To The Sea In Ships [1956]


Burl Ives
"Down To The Sea In Ships [1956]"


1. Away Rio
2. Ben Backstay
3. Blow Ye Winds
4. Drunken Sailor
5. Go down you red red roses
6. Haul Away, Joe
7. Highland Laddie
8. Hullabaloo Belay
9. Leave Her, Johnny
10. New York Girls
11. Rolling Home
12. Santy Anna
13. Storm Along
14. The Sailor's Grave
15. Wrap Me Up In My Tarpaulin Jacket