My Johnny was a Shoemaker

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Bella Hardy

Bella Hardy (born 24 May 1984) is an English contemporary folk musician, singer and songwriter from Edale, Derbyshire, England, who performs a combination of traditional and self-penned material. She was named Folk Singer of the Year at the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, having previously won the award for Best Original Song in 2012 for "The Herring Girl". more »

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My Johnny was a Shoemaker 
Traditional. From the singing of Steeleye Span.
 
My Johnny was a shoemaker and dearly he loved me 
My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea 
With pitch and tar to soil his hands 
For to sail across the sea, stormy sea
For to sail across the stormy sea

His jacket was a deep sky blue and curly was his hair
His jacket was a deep sky blue, it was I do declare
For to reef the topsail up against the mast 
And to sail across the sea, stormy sea
For to sail across the stormy sea

One day he'll be a captain bold with a brave and a gallant crew
One day he'll be a captain bold with a sword and a spyglass too
And when he has a gallant captain's sword 
He'll come home and marry me, marry me
He'll come on home and marry me

My Johnny was a shoemaker and dearly he loved me 
My Johnny was a shoemaker but now he's gone to sea 
With pitch and tar to soil his hands 
For to sail across the sea, stormy sea
For sail across the stormy sea
 

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