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Roud Folk Song Index #9435
Folklorists classify it as a lyrical lament and it was also used as a sea shanty, especially at the capstan. - wikipedia
Folklorists classify it as a lyrical lament and it was also used as a sea shanty, especially at the capstan. - wikipedia
A7 x02020
Leaving of Liverpool
by trad
Fare- well to you my own true love
I am going far, far away
I am bound for Cali- forni- ay,
and I know that I’ll return some day
( Chorus
So fare thee well my own true love
For when I return united we shall be
It’s not the leavin’ of Liverpool that grieves me
But me darlin, when I think of thee )
I have shipped on a Yankee sailing ship
Davy Crockett is her name
and her Captain’s name is Burgess
and they say that shes a floatin’ hell
Chorus
Oh, the sun is on the harbor love
and I wish that I could remain
For I know it’ll be a long, long time
before I see you again.
Chorus
I am going far, far away
I am bound for Cali- forni- ay,
and I know that I’ll return some day
( Chorus
So fare thee well my own true love
For when I return united we shall be
It’s not the leavin’ of Liverpool that grieves me
But me darlin, when I think of thee )
I have shipped on a Yankee sailing ship
Davy Crockett is her name
and her Captain’s name is Burgess
and they say that shes a floatin’ hell
Chorus
Oh, the sun is on the harbor love
and I wish that I could remain
For I know it’ll be a long, long time
before I see you again.
Chorus