Handsome Molly

I wish I was in London or some other Seaport town
I’d set my foot in a steamboat and sail this ocean round

While sailing around the ocean
While sailing around the sea
I’d think of Handsome Molly wherever she might be

I rode to church a Sunday
She passed me on by
I knew her mind was changing
By the roving of her eyes

Do you remember, Molly, when you gave me your right hand
You said if you ever married that I’d be the man
And now you broke your promise
Go home with whom you please
While my poor heart is aching
Here lying at your knees

Her hair was black as a raven
Her eyes as` black as coal
Her cheeks they shone like lilies
Out in the morning cold

While sailing around the ocean
While sailing around the sea
I’d think of Handsome Molly wherever she might be