A-Begging I Will Go

(Verse) 
 Nancy Johnson, she's my darling 
 She's my every waking fruit 
 How she greets me when she meets me 
 When my ship gets in too deep (?) 

 (Chorus) 
 All the Gosport ladies, swirl the best they can 
 But when you bet for a sailor's head there's nothing like my girl now 

 (Verse) 
 Gosport girls can jump for England 
 Gosport girls, there goes their taunt 
 Rum and brandy, gin and shandy 
 Gosport girls do drink a lot 

 (Chorus) 
 All the Gosport ladies, swirl the best they can 
 But for looking it back I am a jack, there's nothing like my girl now 

 (Bridge) 
 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 

 (Verse) 
 Gosport girls, they're good at dancing 
 They're the best, there is no doubt 
 When the music sets them flouncing 
 How a thing they're scared about (?) 

 (Chorus) 
 All the Gosport ladies, they dance the French can-can 
 The ? high kick and fancy chicks, there's nothing like my girl now 

 (Bridge) 
 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 where the boys can take their ease 
 She will wake me and she'll shake me, she will do the best she can 

 (Chorus) 
 All the Gosport laddies, they do the best they can 
 They're for making bed for a sailor's head 
 There's none like my girl now 

 (Bridge) 
 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 

 (Instrumental break) 
 Hey, ho, Gosport ladies 
 Hey, ho, Gosport ladies 
 Hey, ho, Gosport ladies 
 Hey, ho, Gosport ladies 
 Hey, ho, Gosport ladies 

 Thanks to constantinv for correcting these lyrics