X:211
T:Johnny Leave Her
T:Leave Her Johnny
R:
song
D:Stan Rogers
D:The High Kings
Z:id:hn-song-211
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
K:D
(DE) | F2F2 F2(DE) | F2E2 D4 |
E3E E3D | F2 A4
dc | B2B2 A2FF | G2E2 F2
DE | F3F F3E | E2 D6 ||
E3E E3D | (FA) A4
(dc) | B3B B3A | A2 F4
dc | BBB2 A2FF | G2E2 F2
DE | F3F F3E | E2 D6 ||
W:I thought I heard the old man say,
W:"Leave her, Johnny, leave her
W:It's a long, hard pull to the next payday,
W:and it's time for us to leave her"
W:
W:Chorus:
W:Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
W:Oh, leave her, Johnny, leave her!
W:For the voyage is done and the winds don't blow,
W:and it's time for us to leave her!
W:
W:Oh, the winds were foul and the work was hard,
W:Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
W:From the Liverpool dock to the London yard
W:And it's time for us to leave her
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Oh, the skipper was bad, but the mate was worse
W:Leave her, Johnny, leave her
W:He'd blow you down with a spike and a curse
W:And it's time for us to leave her
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:It was rotten meat and moldy bread
W:Leave her, Johnny, leave her!
W:You'd eat it or you'd starve to death
W:And it's time for us to leave her
W:
W:Chorus
W:
W:Well it's time for us to say goodbye
W:Leave her, Johnny, leave her
W:For now those pumps are all pumped dry
W:And it's time for us to leave her
W:
W:Chorus