Lyrics to a Folk Song I Like- Handsome Molly

[onlooker]

I wish I were in London
or some other seaport town:
I'd set my foot in a steamboat
and sail the ocean round.

While sailing on the ocean,
while sailing on the sea,
I'd think of Handsome Molly
wherever she might be.

Remember, Handsome Molly,
when you gave me your right hand
and you said if you ever married
that I'd be the man.

But now you've broke your promise;
Go marry whom you please.
While my poor heart is breaking,
you're going at your ease.

She goes to church on Sunday
and she passes me on by.
I can tell her mind is changing
by the roving of her eye.

Her hair is as black as a raven
and her eyes are as black as a crow.
Her cheeks look like lilies
down in the morning glow.

I wish I were in London
or some other seaport town;
I'd set my foot in a steamboat
and sail the whole world round.

While sailing on the ocean,
while sailing on the sea,
I'd think of Handsome Molly
wherever she might be.