Jackie went a' sailin', with trouble on his mind
He left his native country and his darling girl behind
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
There was a wealthy merchant, in London town did dwell
He had a lovely daughter, pretty Polly's tale I'll tell
She had sweethearts a plenty, all men of high degree
But still she loved her sailor boy who plowed the raging sea
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
Polly having plenty time and money at command
She raised a resolution for to view some foreign land
She went into a tailor's shop and dressed in men's array
Then bargained with a cabin boy to carry her away
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
Your waist it is too slender, your fingers far too small
Your cheeks they are too rosy for to face the cannon ball
My waist is not too slender, my fingers not too small
It would not make me tremble for to see ten thousand fall
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
Before you go on board, your name I'd like to know
She said with a smile upon her face, my name is Jack Munroe
The drums they did beat and the pipes they did play
And into the field of battle Pretty Polly marched away
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
This battle being over, she took a circle round
Among the dead and dying there her darling boy she found
She took him in her arms and she carried him away
And promised to her darling boy she'd be his wife one day
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
Jackie went a' sailin', with trouble on his mind
He left his native country and his darling girl behind
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone
And sing oh, sing oh, I am left alone