Johnny Todd he's tae'n a notion
For to sail across the sea
And he's left his ain dear Jeannie
Weeping on the Greenock quay

CHORUS
Weep nae mair my ain dear Jeannie,
Tak' your bairn upon your knee.
I'll return and we'll be married
Doon upon the Greenock quay.

Johnny's gone in search of riches,
For Australia he is bound
Handsome in his canvas britches
All to sail the world around.

Many's the winter night she's waited
For a ship oot on the bay,
Friends may tell her she's forsaken,
But she still could hear him say.

Then one morning bright and early
In the springtime of the yeat
She spied a sail oot on the water
Bringing Johnny tae his dear.