Come back soon, boy, back home soon
Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.
I'm worried, worried about you
Think about tomorrow, too, and about me, too.
Come back soon, boy, back home soon
Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.
Wherever seafaring drove me in life
I remember today what my mother wrote
In every port, a letter came aboard
And she always wrote, "Don't stay away so long".
Come back soon, boy, back home soon
Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.
I remember how the first voyage went
I secretly slipped out while Mother slept
When she awoke I was at sea
In the first letter was, "Do come back soon!"
Come back soon, boy, back home soon
Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.
I'm worried, worried about you
Think about tomorrow, too, and about me, too.
Come back soon, boy, back home soon
Boy, never go to sea again, don't ever go again.