Rio Grande

Se også Opsang for Brasiliefareren, Briggen Preciosa

Oh, a ship went a-sailin’ out o’er the bar,
Awaay, you Ri-o!
They pointed her bow to the Southern Star.
An’ we’re bound for the Ri-o Grande!
Then away, love, away,
Awaay down Ri-o.
Sing fare-ye-well, my bonnie young girls,
For we’re bound for the Ri-o Grande

Oh, say wuz ye niver down Rio Grande.
It’s there that the river runs down golden sands.

So it’s pack up yer sea-chest an’ git under way,
Them judies we’re leavin’ will git our half pay.

Sing goodbye to Sally an’ goodbye to Sue,
An’ you who are listening, goodbye to you.

Now fill up yer glasses an’ sing “Fare-ye-well”.
To the bonnie young lasses who loved you so well.

Goodbye, fare-ye-well, all ye gals of the town,
An’ when we return ye shall have a silk gown.

We wuz sick o’ the beach when our money wuz gone.
So we signed on this packet fer to drive ‘er along.

There’s some o’ us sick, an’ there some o’ us sore.
We’ve scoffed all our wack an’ we’re lookin’ fer more.

Our anchor we’ll weigh an’ the rags we will set.
Them Liverpool judies we’ll never forget.

We’re a deep-water ship with a deep-water crew.
Ye can stick to the coast, but i’m damned if we do.

We’ve a jolly good ship an’ a jolly good crew.
We’ve jolly good mates an’ a good skipper too.