Oh, have you heard the news, my Johnny? Ch: One more day! We're homeward bound tomorrow Ch: One more day! Only one more day, my Johnny One more day! Oh, rock and row me over, One more day! We're homeward bound to-morrow, Johnny, We leave you without sorrow. Can't you hear the old man snarling, Johnny? Can't you hear the capstan pawling? Oh, heave and sight the anchor, Johnny, Oh, heave and sight the anchor. I'm bound away to leave you, Johnny, But I will not deceive you.
Ch: One more day, my Johnny, One more day O rock and roll me over For one more day There is one thing more that grieves me Ch: For one more day There is my poor wife and baby Ch: For one more day. I'm bound away to leave you Ch: For one more day Don't let my parting grieve you Ch: For one more day.

This shanty is, according to Whall (Sea Songs and Shanties), another “homeward-bounder” typically reserved for the return home. John Short told Cecil Sharp it was always used as a capstan or windlass-shanty, but Bullen and Whall give it as a pulling-shanty, and Tozer as one for pumping.

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