Johnny was a rover and he's bound for Callao
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go
Johnny was a rover and to sea he's bound to go
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go

A-Do-a-let me go me gals! Do-a-let me go!
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go

As I walked down the landing stage, all on a summers morn
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go
I met an emmigrant Irish lass a lookin' all forlorn
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go

A-Do-a-let me go me gals! Do-a-let me go!
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go

I've got the Jimmy Walker, and she's bound around the horn
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go
With 5 and 20 emmigrants and a thousand pounds of corn
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go

A-Do-a-let me go me gals! Do-a-let me go!
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go

Bad luck to Irish emmigrant boys, bad luck to them says I
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go
They've stolen all me money, and they blackened both me eye!
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go

A-Do-a-let me go me gals! Do-a-let me go!
Hey-a-row you Yellow gals, Do-a-let me go!