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Version 1

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T:Johnny Todd
C:Trad
C:Jim Patterson (arr)
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w:John-ny Todd he took a no-tion for to sail the o-cean wide 
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w:And he left his true love be-hind him weep-ing by the Liv-er-pool tide -
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W:1
W:Johnny Todd he took a notion
W:For to cross the ocean wide.
W:And he left his true love behind him
W:Weeping by the Liverpool tide.
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W:2
W:For a week she wept full sorely,
W:Tore her hair and wrung her hands,
W:Till she met with another sailor
W:Walking on the Liverpool sands.
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W:3
W:“Why, fair maid, are you a-weeping,
W:For your Johnny gone to sea?
W:If you'll wed with me tomorrow
W:I will kind and constant be.
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W:4
W:“I will buy you sheets and blankets,
W:I'll buy you a wedding ring.
W:You shall have a gilded cradle
W:For to rock your baby in.”
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W:5
W:Johnny Todd came back from sailing,
W:Sailing o'er the ocean wide,
W:But he found that his fair and false one
W:Was another sailor's bride.
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W:6
W:All you men who go a-sailing
W:For to fight the foreign foe:
W:Don't leave your love like Johnny,
W:Marry her before you go.

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Song by Traditional and Jim Patterson
Country of origin: England
Used as the theme for Z-Cars, an early BBC (UK) police TV series (1962 - 1978)

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