Leave Her, Johnny

Leave Her, Johnny Lyrics

Song Leave Her, Johnny
Artist Dave Van Ronk
Album Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
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[00:00.61] Oh, times were hard and the wages low
[00:04.75] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:07.59] I guess it’s time for us to go
[00:11.07] It’s time for us to leave her
[00:13.70] Beware these packet ships, I say
[00:17.29] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:19.87] They’ll steal your stores and your clothes away
[00:23.37] It’s time for us to leave her
[00:25.95] There’s Liverpool Pat with his tarpaulin hat
[00:29.70] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:32.22] And Yankee John, the pocket rat
[00:35.41] It’s time for us to leave her
[00:37.93] She would not wear and she would not stay
[00:41.73] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:44.30] She shipped great seas both night and day
[00:47.65] It’s time for us to leave her
[00:49.97] Its rotten beef and waverly bread
[00:53.92] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:56.44] It was pump or drown, the old man said
[00:59.48] It’s time for us to leave her
[01:02.31] The sails all furled, our work is done
[01:05.70] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[01:08.18] And now ashore we’ll take our run
[01:11.46] It’s time for us to leave her
[01:13.63] Oh, what will us poor shellbacks do
[01:17.48] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[01:19.61] Our money’s gone, more work to do
[01:23.15] It’s time for us to leave her
[00:00.61] Oh, times were hard and the wages low
[00:04.75] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:07.59] I guess it' s time for us to go
[00:11.07] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:13.70] Beware these packet ships, I say
[00:17.29] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:19.87] They' ll steal your stores and your clothes away
[00:23.37] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:25.95] There' s Liverpool Pat with his tarpaulin hat
[00:29.70] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:32.22] And Yankee John, the pocket rat
[00:35.41] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:37.93] She would not wear and she would not stay
[00:41.73] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:44.30] She shipped great seas both night and day
[00:47.65] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:49.97] Its rotten beef and waverly bread
[00:53.92] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:56.44] It was pump or drown, the old man said
[00:59.48] It' s time for us to leave her
[01:02.31] The sails all furled, our work is done
[01:05.70] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[01:08.18] And now ashore we' ll take our run
[01:11.46] It' s time for us to leave her
[01:13.63] Oh, what will us poor shellbacks do
[01:17.48] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[01:19.61] Our money' s gone, more work to do
[01:23.15] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:00.61] Oh, times were hard and the wages low
[00:04.75] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:07.59] I guess it' s time for us to go
[00:11.07] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:13.70] Beware these packet ships, I say
[00:17.29] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:19.87] They' ll steal your stores and your clothes away
[00:23.37] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:25.95] There' s Liverpool Pat with his tarpaulin hat
[00:29.70] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:32.22] And Yankee John, the pocket rat
[00:35.41] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:37.93] She would not wear and she would not stay
[00:41.73] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:44.30] She shipped great seas both night and day
[00:47.65] It' s time for us to leave her
[00:49.97] Its rotten beef and waverly bread
[00:53.92] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[00:56.44] It was pump or drown, the old man said
[00:59.48] It' s time for us to leave her
[01:02.31] The sails all furled, our work is done
[01:05.70] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[01:08.18] And now ashore we' ll take our run
[01:11.46] It' s time for us to leave her
[01:13.63] Oh, what will us poor shellbacks do
[01:17.48] Leave her, Johnny, leave her
[01:19.61] Our money' s gone, more work to do
[01:23.15] It' s time for us to leave her
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