Tabbed by Owen Tosh Intro: D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 C5 D5 From a barque in the harbour I went roaming on shore F5 C5 D5 C5 And stepped into a pub where I was oft times before F5 D5 C5 D5 And as I was sitting and enjoying my glass D5 C5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 Who chanced to walk in but a young Spanish lass D5 C5 C5 D5 She sat down beside me and kept squeezing my hand F5 C5 D5 C5 Saying Sir you're a stranger not long to this land F5 D5 C5 D5 Will you roam , Johnny Sailor, would you roam along with me D5 C5 C5 D5 C5 To some lonesome spot where nobody can see F5 C5 D5 C5 Don't you leave me Johnny Sailor were the words she did cry D5 C5 F5 C5 Waving and weeping and wiping her eyes F5 C5 D5 C5 When you reach home in your own Newfoundland D5 C5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 Think of the young Spaniard who kept squeezing your hand D5 C5 C5 D5 I quickly consented with her for to roam F5 C5 D5 C5 She lived by herself in a neat little home F5 D5 C5 D5 She was brisk, plump and jolly and her age scare nineteen D5 C5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 And the name of that maiden I think was Irene D5 C5 C5 D5 One fine summer's morning our ship, she set sail F5 C5 D5 C5 And down by the seashore lovely Irene she came F5 D5 C5 D5 Waving her pocket hankerchief and wiping her eyes D5 C5 C5 D5 C5 Don't leave me Johnny Sailor were the words she did cry D5 C5 C5 D5 I'll give you farewell love on a fine summer's breeze F5 C5 D5 C5 But love don't forget me when you're crossing the sea F5 D5 C5 D5 And when you are married and enjoying your bride D5 C5 C5 D5 Think on the young maiden who lay by your side
