Limehouse Reach

Now, I fell in love with a Limehouse lass,

But she has proved untrue:

She looked as fresh as a figurehead

That's just been painted new:

But she's took and married a lighterman,

So it's time for me to go,

But I would have loved you so, my dear,

I would have loved you so!

Oh, a shake o' the forsheet pays for all

That a sailor leaves behind,

For an alehouse shot, and a friend forgot,

And a sweetheart false or kind.

And a bloomin' mudhook's off the ground,

for it's time for us to go:

But I would have loved you so, my dear,

I would have loved you so!

Now a long goodbye to Limehouse Reach,

And a last goodbye to you:

A feller's a fool to die for love,

Which I don't mean to do.

There are girls as smart in every port

From here to Callao

But I would have loved you so, my dear,

I would have loved you so!