Won't you go my Way

Stan Hugill collected this pumping shanty in the West Indies, but says Cecil Sharp also collected a similar version. According to Hugill it was popular among both black and white seamen.

 

Won't you go my way?

 
I met her in the morning;
Won't you go my way?
I met her in the morning;
Won't you go my way?

In the morning bright and early;
In the morning bright and early;?

O Julia, Anna, Maria x 2

I asked that girl to marry x 2.

 
She said she'd rather tarry x 2.

Oh marry, never tarry x 2.