| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Nancy Lee |
| | | Frederic Edward Weatherly (b. 1848) |
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| OF all the wives as e’er you know, | |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! Yeo-ho! | |
| There ’s none like Nancy Lee, I trow, | |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! | |
| See there she stands an’ waves her hands upon the quay, | 5 |
| And ev’ry day when I ’m away, she ’ll watch for me, | |
| An’ whisper low, when tempests blow for Jack at Sea, | |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! | |
| The sailor’s wife the sailor’s star shall be, | |
| Yeo-ho! we go across the sea; | 10 |
| The sailor’s wife the sailor’s star shall be, | |
| The sailor’s wife his star shall be. | |
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| The harbor’s past, the breezes blow: | |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! Yeo-ho! | |
| ’T is long ere we come back, I know; | 15 |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! | |
| But true an’ bright from morn till night my home will be, | |
| An’ all so neat, an’ snug, an’ sweet, for Jack at sea, | |
| An’ Nancy’s face to bless the place, an’ welcome me; | |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! | 20 |
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| The boa’s’n pipes the watch below, | |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! Yeo-ho! | |
| Then here ’s a health afore we go, | |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! | |
| A long long life to my sweet wife and mates at sea; | 25 |
| An’ keep our bones from Davy Jones where’er we be, | |
| An’ may you meet a mate as sweet as Nancy Lee; | |
| Yeo-ho! lads ho! Yeo-ho! | |
| The sailor’s wife the sailor’s star shall be, | |
| Yeo-ho! we go across the sea; | 30 |
| The sailor’s wife the sailor’s star shall be, | |
| The sailor’s wife his star shall be. | |
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