Home Boys Home

[Verse 1]

Oh who wouldn't be a sailor boys a sailin' on the main

To gain the respect of his captain's good name

He sailed ashore one evening for to be

And that was the beginning of me ol' true love and me

[Chorus]

And it's home, boys, home

Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country

Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree

Are all growin' green in the north country

[Verse 2]

I asked her for a candle now to light me way to bed

Likewise for a handkerchief to tie around me head

She tended to me needs like a young maid ought to do

And then I says to her: "Now won't you leap in with me too?"

[Chorus]

And it's home, boys, home

Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country

Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree

Are all growin' green in the north country

[Verse 3]

She jumped into bed, making no alarm

Thinking that a sailor boy would do to her no harm

I hugged her, I kissed her the whole night long

She wished the short night had been seven years long

[Chorus]

And it's home, boys, home

Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country

Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree

Are all growin' green in the north country

[Verse 4]

Oh, early next morning the sailor boy arose

Into Mary's apron threw a handful of gold

Saying, "Take this, me dear, for a mischief I've done

Tonight I fear I've left you with a daughter or a son"

[Verse 5]

Oh, if it be a boy child, send him out to nurse

With gold in his pocket and silver in his purse

And if it be a girl she can wear the jacket blue

And go out galavanting like her daddy used to do

[Chorus]

And it's home, boys, home

Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country

Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree

Are all growin' green in the north country

[Verse 6]

A warnin' me maidens, a warning take by me

Don't ever let a sailor boy an inch above your knee

For I trusted one and he beguiled me

And he left me with a pair of twins to dangle on me knee

[Chorus]

And it's home, boys, home

Home I'd like to be, home for a while in me own country

Where the oak and the ash and the bonny rowan tree

Are all growin' green in the north country