Tom: Dm
Dm Am Dm Am
Dm Am Dm Am
[Verse 1]
Dm Am
Don't ya see the ships a-comin'
Dm Am
Don't ya see them in full sail
Dm Am
Don't ya see the ships a-comin'
Dm Am
With their prizes at their tail
[Chorus]
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling sailor
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling he
Dm Am
How I love my rolling sailor
Dm Am Dm
When he's on a rollin' sea
N.C.
(When he's on a rollin', rollin')
(When he's on a rollin' sea)
[Instrumental]
Dm Am Dm Am
[Verse 2]
Dm Am
Sailors, they get all the money
Dm Am
Soldiers, they get none but brass
Dm Am
How I love my rolling sailor
Dm Am
Soldiers they can kiss my
[Chorus]
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling sailor
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling he
Dm Am
How I love my rolling sailor
Dm Am Dm
When he's on a rollin' sea
N.C.
(When he's on a rollin', rollin')
(When he's on a rollin' sea)
[Instrumental]
Dm Am Dm Am
[Verse 3]
Dm Am
How can I be blithe and merry
Dm Am
With my true love far from me?
Dm Am
All those pretty little sailors
Dm Am
They've been pressed and ta'en to sea
[Chorus]
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling sailor
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling he
Dm Am
How I love my rolling sailor
Dm Am Dm
When he's on a rollin' sea
N.C.
(When he's on a rollin', rollin')
(When he's on a rollin' sea)
[Instrumental]
Dm Am Dm Am
Dm Am Dm Am
Dm Am Dm Am
Dm Am Dm Am
[Verse 4]
Dm Am
How I wish the press were over
Dm Am
And the wars were at an end
Dm Am
Then every sailor laddie
Dm Am
Would be happy with his friend
[Chorus]
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling sailor
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling he
Dm Am
How I love my rolling sailor
Dm Am Dm
When he's on a rollin' sea
N.C.
(When he's on a rollin', rollin')
(When he's on a rollin' sea)
[Instrumental]
Dm Am Dm Am
[Verse 5]
Dm Am
When the wars, they are all over
Dm Am
Peace and plenty come again
Dm Am
E'ry bonny sailor laddie
Dm Am
Will come sailing on the main
[Chorus]
Dm Am
My little rolling sailor
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling he
Dm Am
How I love my rolling sailor
Dm Am Dm
When he's on a rollin' sea
N.C.
(When he's on a rollin', rollin')
(When he's on a rollin' sea)
[Instrumental]
Dm Am Dm Am
[Verse 6]
Dm Am
Hope the wars will soon be over
Dm Am
And the sailors once come home
Dm Am
Every lass will get a laddie
Dm Am
She won't have to sleep alone
[Chorus]
Dm Am
Oh, my little, oh sailor
Dm Am
Oh, my little rolling he
Dm Am
How I love my rolling sailor
Dm Am Dm
When he's on a rollin' sea
N.C.
(When he's on a rollin', rollin')
(When he's on a rollin' sea)
(When he's on a rollin', rollin')
(When he's on a rollin' sea)
[Outro]
Dm Am Dm Am
Dm Am Dm Am
Dm Am Dm Am
Dm Am Dm Am
