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Found in English Folk-Chanteys by Cecil Sharp (1914).
This after the Planxty version at the Abbey Tavern, 1980. We would usually do the verse and chorus acapella
Sally Brown
by trad
[A] I Shipped on board of a [E] Liverpool [A] liner
( Chorus
[A] Way [E] hey [A] roll [E7] and [A] go
And we rolled all [D] night
And we [E] rolled till the [A] day
I'm going to [A] spend my money along with [E] Sally [A] Brown )
Sally Brown is a nice young lady
Chorus
She's tall and she's dark but she's not too shady
Chorus
Her mother doesn't like no tarry sailor
Chorus
She once had to marry a one legged captain
Chorus / Break
Sally wouldn't wed me so I shipped across the water
Chorus
And now I am courting Sally's daughter
Chorus
(acapella) I shipped on board of a Liverpool liner
Chorus
( Chorus
[A] Way [E] hey [A] roll [E7] and [A] go
And we rolled all [D] night
And we [E] rolled till the [A] day
I'm going to [A] spend my money along with [E] Sally [A] Brown )
Sally Brown is a nice young lady
Chorus
She's tall and she's dark but she's not too shady
Chorus
Her mother doesn't like no tarry sailor
Chorus
She once had to marry a one legged captain
Chorus / Break
Sally wouldn't wed me so I shipped across the water
Chorus
And now I am courting Sally's daughter
Chorus
(acapella) I shipped on board of a Liverpool liner
Chorus