“I’ve a mother and father in London town,

And this night they will weep for me.”

Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship,

And a well-spoken man was he:

“I’ve a wife who is living in Liverpool town,

A wife whom I never shall see.”

“My wife who is living in Liverpool town

This night will be looking for me;

She may look till the sun no more goes down,

She may look to the bottom of the sea.”