Lyrics:

One morning in the month of June,
Down by a rolling river,
There a jolly sailor chanced to stray,
There he beheld some lover.
Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown,
Her hair in ringlets hanging down;
Her lovely brow without a frown,
Just as the tide was flowing.

My pretty maid, to her he said,
How come you here so early?
My heart by you it is betray'd
And I might love you dearly.
I am a sailor come from sea,
If you will accept my company
For to walk and view the fishes play,
Just as the tide was flowing.

No more did stay, but on the way
They both did gang together;
The small birds sing, the lambs did play,
And pleasant was the weather.
They being weary both sat down
Beneath the trees with the branches round;
And what they said will never be known
Just as the tide was flowing.

Upon the grass she then did roll,
Her colour it ran changing.
This pretty maid called out: Alas!
Don’t let your mind be ranging.
She gave him twenty pounds in store
Saying, Meet me when you will there's more.
For a jolly sailor I adore
Just as the tide was flowing.

So they kissed, shook hands and when they part
Jack Tar drank rum and brandy.
And to keep his shipmates in good cheer
The lady's gold came handy.
Then with some other young girl you’ll go
To the public bar where the brandy flows
Give me the lad that will do so
Just as the tide was flowing.