[Primera Parte]

Em 
Upon one summer's morning
Am              Em 
I carelessly did stray
     C             Em 
Down by the Walls of Wapping
        B              Em 
Where I met a sailor gay
Em 
Conversing with a young lass
    Am      Em 
Who seemed to be in pain
       C                Em 
Saying William, when you go, I fear
       B            Em 
You'll ne'er return again

[Estribillo]

Em 
My heart is pierced by Cupid
  C           D          Em 
I disdain all glittering gold
         C           Em 
There is nothing can console me
       B            Em 
But my jolly sailor bold

[Segunda Parte]

Em 
His hair it hangs in ringlets
    Am       Em 
His eyes as black as coal
   C         Em 
My happiness attend him
  B            Em 
Wherever he may go
Em 
I left my home and family
     Am               Em 
I'll wander, weep and moan
    C            Em 
All for my jolly sailor
 B                  Em 
Until he sails back home

[Estribillo]

Em 
My heart is pierced by Cupid
  C           D          Em 
I disdain all glittering gold
         C           Em 
There is nothing can console me
       B            Em 
But my jolly sailor bold

[Terceira Parte]

Em 
Come all you pretty fair maids
 Am            Em 
Whoever you may be
    C            Em 
Who love a jolly sailor bold
     B          Em 
That ploughs the raging sea
Em 
While up aloft in storm or gale
    Am     B 
From me his absence mourn
    C            Em 
And firmly pray, arrive the day
     B     Em 
He's never more to roam

[Estribillo]

Em 
My heart is pierced by Cupid
  C           D          Em 
I disdain all glittering gold
         C           Em 
There is nothing can console me
       B            Em 
But my jolly sailor bold