Oh, me Mary she's a sailors lass To me Hooker John, me Hoojohn! Oh, we courted all day on the grass To me Hooker John, me Hoojohn! 'Way Susanna, oh, way, hey, high, high ya! Johnny's on the foreyard, Yonder, way up yonder
Oh, me Susie she's a sailors gal She's none foot high, that gal's so tall
Oh, me Flora she's a hoosier's friend' She's beamy round the ol' beam end
Oh, Sally Brown she's the gal for me She courts a bit when her man's at sea
Oh, haul away for Mobile Bay Haul away and make your pay