As sung by Kat Eggleston

Johnny's gone a-sailing, with trouble on his mind For the leaving of his country and his darlin' love behind
Dora Lee-a-Laddie Dora Lee, my Lily, oh
She's gone to the tailor shop, and dressed in man's array Shipped on board a man o'war, convey herself away Before you step on board, sir, your name I'd like to know With a smile upon her countenance, she answered: "Jack Monroe" Your waist it is too slender, your fingers are too small Your cheeks they are too rosy, to face the cannonball My waist it is quite slender, my fingers they are small But I'll never change my countenance, to face the cannonball The drums did loudly rattle, sweet music they did play And on to the field of battle they soon did sail away When the war was over, in a circle she marched round And among the dead and wounded her darling love she found

This traditional song is the basis for Florence Reese’s 1931 Which Side Are You On? The earliest print source is from 1818. It was printed as a popular American broadside in the 1830s, and has been covered by the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan. In most versions, arich girl loves a soldier/sailor; her father has the boy pressed into service. She disguises herself and enlists under the name of the title (which varies considerably). When her lover is wounded, she nurses him, revealing her identity and they marry. Other versions end unhappily.