Where am I to go, me Johnnies, where am I to go?
Timme way hey, hey
Way to roll and go
Where am I to go, me Johnnies, where am I to go?
I'm a young man, sailor lad, and where am I to go?

Way up on the tops'l yard, that's where you're bound to go
Timme, way hey, hey
Way to roll and go
Way up on the tops'l yard, and take that tops'l in
I'm a young man, sailor lad, and where am I to go?

Way up on that royal yard, that's where you're bound to go
Timme way hey, hey
Way to roll and go
Way up on that royal yard, that royal toiling so
I'm a young man, sailor lad, and where am I to go?

You're bound away around, me boy, that's where you're bound to go
Timme, way hey, hey
Way to roll and go
You're bound away around, me boy, far in the ice and snow
I'm a young man, sailor lad, where am I to go?