i met me an irish sailor boy who spent all his life on the sea to this day i wish that id never set eyes on his ferry jack b his cheeks they were wild and rosy he considered lifes danger his play his eyes were as green as the breakers and as bright as the light ocean spray twas a hard twisted fate that was cruel as cruel as any can be for twas then that my poor heart was stolen by the young sailor boy and the sea i spoke to him then of my fancies and thought that hed listen to me but he said i was naught but a child and married he never would be so i fled from the water i fled from the bay vowed him i never would see but if ever a wish was granted to me i d wish us back on the ferry jack b beware of young irish sailor boys who spend all their lives on the sea night and day youll wish that youd never set eyes on the ferry jack b over many a land i have travelled never again ill be free for wherever i roam i will pine for the day that i first fell in love with the sea for wherever i roam i will pine for the day that i first saw the ferry jack b