Handsome Molly Lyrics — Ballad Lines

[JEAN]
I wish I was in London
Or some other seaport town
One foot on a sailboat
I'd sail the ocean round
Sail around the ocean
I'd sail around the sea
Think of handsome Molly
Wherever she may be

[BETTY, spoken]
My Granny Ivy used to say she had three hundred songs stored up there in her head. She'd tell me "Betty, when you sing that old Handsome Molly you're singin' with the voices of all them folk who sang before ya". Kinda somethin', ain't it?

[ANCESTORS]
Hair as dark as raven's
Her eyes as black as coal
Cheeks shone lik? the lilies
Out in the mornin' grov?
In the mornin' grove
Out in the mornin' grove
Cheeks shone like the lilies
Out in the mornin' grove

[ALL]
Rode to church last Sunday
As Molly passed me by
I knew her mind was changin'
By the rovin' of her eye
Rovin' of her eye
The rovin' of her eye
Knew her mind was changin'
By the rovin' of her eye
Last Update: March, 04th 2026