liederbuch/cho/leave_her_johnny.cho

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{t:Leave Her Johnny}
{st: Sea Shanty}
{a:Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers}
{capo:3}
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1. [A]Oh I thought I heard the old man say
[E]Leave her, Johnny, [E]leave her.
It's a [D]hard old [A]pull to the next [F#m]payday
And it's [A]time for [E]us to [A]leave her.
{soc}
[E]Leave her, Johnny,[A]leave her
Oh [D]leave her, Johnny,[A]leave her.
Oh the [D]voyage is [A]done and the winds don't [F#m]blow
And it's [A]time for [E]us to [A]leave her.
{eoc}
Now the winds were foul and the work was hard / From the Liverpool docks to the London yard
Now the skipper was bad but the mate was worse / He would cut you down with a swipe and a curse
Now it was rotten meat and moldy bread / You would eat it or you would starve to death.
Now it's time for us to say farewell / For now those pumps are all pumped dry.