There once was a boy named Johnny McGee
He lived on the land with his big family
And loved every one to the greatest degree
Untill the calling of the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

He kissed his dear mother and bid her goodbye
To the girl that he loved said ‘Don’t you cry
I’m gone away, but I’ll soon be back nigh’
Then he set of for the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

(Chorus)
Singin’ Hie Up and here we go
From the sun above to the sea down below
We’re away with the wind
Each true man I know
is bound to sailing the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

Now Johnny my Boy you listen to me
Know ye the price of sailing the sea?
The waves are your bread and the salt is your tea
and your home it ever shall be

You know she’s waiting for me

Now she can be cruel and she can be kind
she’ll keep you afloat if you keep her in mind
but all those you love must be left behind
That’s the calling of the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

Chorus

Now Johnny became a salt hard and true
There was no job above that he could not do
He spent all his days roaming the blue
and gave his love to the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

Then one day old johhny he fell from the nest
and there on the waves we laid him to rest
in the great blue deeps that he loved the best
In to the arms of the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

Chorus 2x
There once was a boy named Johnny McGee
He lived on the land with his big family
And loved every one to the greatest degree
Untill the calling of the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

He kissed his dear mother and bid her goodbye
To the girl that he loved said ‘Don’t you cry
I’m gone away, but I’ll soon be back nigh’
Then he set of for the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

(Chorus)
Singin’ Hie Up and here we go
From the sun above to the sea down below
We’re away with the wind
Each true man I know
is bound to sailing the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

Now Johnny my Boy you listen to me
Know ye the price of sailing the sea?
The waves are your bread and the salt is your tea
and your home it ever shall be

You know she’s waiting for me

Now she can be cruel and she can be kind
she’ll keep you afloat if you keep her in mind
but all those you love must be left behind
That’s the calling of the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

Chorus

Now Johnny became a salt hard and true
There was no job above that he could not do
He spent all his days roaming the blue
and gave his love to the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

Then one day old johhny he fell from the nest
and there on the waves we laid him to rest
in the great blue deeps that he loved the best
In to the arms of the sea

You know she’s waiting for me

Chorus 2x

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Copyright 2007 – Eric Distad