Lyric Handsome Molly

(first release, live version "second gaslight tape", late 1962¡ºtraditional, arranged by bob dylan)

Well, i wish i was in london,
Or some other seaport town
I d put my foot on a steamboat
I d sail the ocean round.

While sailing round the ocean,
While sailing round the sea
I d think of handsome molly
Wherever she might be.

Don t you remember, molly
You gave me your right hand?
You said whenever you d marry
I would be the man.

But you broke your promise
Go with whom you please
My poor heart is aching
You are at your ease.

I went to church last sunday
Molly came ridin by
I could tell her mind was changin
By the rovin of her eye.

I go down to the river
Though everyone s asleep
I think of handsome molly
An i begin to weep.

So i wish i was in london,
Or some other seaport town
I d put my foot on a steamboat
I d sail the ocean round.