(New
Lyrics by Michael Hyde)
I am a sailor, a rovin' sailor
I am a brash and a roving blade
I have silver in my pockets
And I cross the rolling sea
(Chorus)
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy whiskey
Whiskey, whiskey, Nancy O
As I sailed into Glasgow city
Nancy Whiskey I chanced to
smell
I walked in, sat down beside her
Seven long years I loved her well
(Chorus)
The more I kissed her, the more
I loved her
The more I kissed her, the more she smiled
I forgot my father's teaching
Nancy Whiskey had me beguiled
(Chorus)
I woke early in the mornin'
To slake me drought, it was me need
I tried to rise but I was not able
Nancy had me by the head (Scots pronounciation: heed)
(Chorus)
I'll go back to the blue water sailing
I'll surely make those gallants
fly
I'll make more on the crosstree braces
Than ever I did in a alehouse dive
(Chorus)
So come all ye sailors, ye roving
sailors
Sailors where e're ye be
Beware of Whiskey, Nancy Whiskey
She'll ruin you like she ruined me