Farewell to you my own true love I am sailing far away I am bound for California But I know that I'll return some day So farewell my own true love For when I return uniten we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me But my darling when think of thee I have shiped on a yankee sailing ship Davy Crocket is her name And her captains name is Burgees And they say she is a floating hell So farewell my own true love For when I return uniten we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me But my darling when think of thee The sun lies on the harbour love And I wish I could remain For I know it shall be Such a long long time Before I hold you again So farewell my own true love For when I return uniten we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me But my darling when think of thee So farewell my own true love For when I return uniten we will be It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me But my darling when think of thee