Gosport Nancy

Nancy Johnson, she's my darling

She's my every waking thought

How she greets me when she meets me

When my ship gets in to port

All the Gosport ladies, they do the best they can.

But if you're making a bed for a sailor's head

there's none like my girl Nan.

Gosport girls can drink for England

Gosport girls, they goes their tot!

Rum and brandy, gin and shandy

Gosport girls'll drink the lot!

All the Gosport ladies

they swig the flowing can

But for knocking it back with Honest Jack

there's none like my girl Nan.

Oh Nancy can't you see

You're the only girl for me!

How I dream of lovely Nancy

when I'm sailing on the sea.

Gosport girls, they're good at dancing

They're the best, there is no doubt.

When the music sets them prancing

How they'll fling their skirts about!

All the Gosport ladies

they do the French Can-Can

But for real high kicks and fancy tricks

there's none like my girl Nan.

Oh, Nancy, can't you see?

You're the only girl for me!

How I dream of lovely Nancy

when I'm sailing on the sea.

Nancy Johnson keeps a bar-room

where the boys can take their ease

She will wake me and she'll shake me

she will do whatever she please.

All the Gosport ladies

they do the best they can

But for making a bed for a sailor's head

there's none like my girl Nan

Oh, Nancy, can't you see?

You're the only girl for me!

How I dream of lovely Nancy

when I'm sailing on the sea.

Oh, Nancy, can't you see?

You're the only girl for me!

How I dream of lovely Nancy

when I'm sailing on the sea.