1st Verse: My son John was tall and slim and he had a leg for every limb Now he's got no legs at all they're both shot away by cannonball Whack fol diddle to me hoo-rum rye 2nd Verse: Were you drunk or were you blind To leave your two fine legs behind It wasn't from walking upon the sea That took your legs from the ground to the knee 3rd Verse: I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind To leave my to fine legs behind 'Twas a cannonball on the fifth of May That took my to fine legs away 4th Verse: All foreign wars we now renounce 'Tween this king of England and that king of France I'd rather my legs as they used to be Then the king of Spain and his whole navy 5th: Verse I was tall and I was slim And I had a leg for every limb And now I've got no legs at all You can't win a race with a cannonball