(WINDLASS AND CAPSTAN SHANTY.)
1. I'll sing you a song of the fish of the sea.
Oh Rio.
I'll sing you a song of the fish of the sea
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
Then away love, away,
'Way down Rio,
So fare ye well my pretty young gel.
For we're bound for the Rio Grande.
2. Sing good-bye to Sally, and good-bye to Sue, Oh Rio, etc.
And you who are listening, good-bye to you. And we're bound, etc.
3. Our ship
went
sailing out over the Bar
And
we
pointed her nose for the South-er-en Star.
4. Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain
And
we're
all of us coming to see you again.
5. I
said
fare
well
to
Kitty my dear,
And
she
waved her white hand as we passed the South Pier.
6. The oak, and the ash, and the bonny birk tree
They're all growing green in the North Countrie.
3. Good-bye, fare ye well.
1. I thought I heard the old man say
Good-bye, fare ye well,
Good-bye, fare ye well.
I thought I heard the old man say,
Hooray my boys we're homeward bound.
2. We're homeward bound, I hear the sound. (twice)
3. We sailed away to Mobile Bay. (twice)
4. But now we're bound for Portsmouth Town. (twice)
5. And soon we'll be ashore again. (twice)
6. I kissed my Kitty upon the pier
And
it's
oh to see you again my dear.
7. We're homeward bound, and I hear the sound. (twice)