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A favourite shanty for windlass work, when the ship was being warped out of harbour at the start of a trip - Kenneth S. Goldstein
This version after the Fables
Heave Away
by trad
Come [A] get your duds in order ‘cuz we’re bound to cross the [D] water
Heave [A] away, me jollies, heave a- [D] way
Come [A] get your duds in order ‘cuz we’re bound to leave to- [D] morrow
Heave a-[A] way me jolly boys, we’re [E] all bound a- [A]way
( Chorus
Sometimes we’re bound for Liverpool, sometimes we’re bound for Spain
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
But now we’re bound for old St. John’s where all the girls are dancing
Heave away me jolly boys, we’re all bound away )
I wrote me love a letter, I was on the Jenny Lind
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
I wrote me love a letter and I signed it with a ring
Heave away me jolly boys, we’re all bound away
Chorus
Now it’s farewell Nancy darling, ‘cuz it’s now I’m going to leave you
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
You promised that me you’d marry me, but how you did deceive me
Heave away me jolly boys, we’re all bound away
Chorus
Heave [A] away, me jollies, heave a- [D] way
Come [A] get your duds in order ‘cuz we’re bound to leave to- [D] morrow
Heave a-[A] way me jolly boys, we’re [E] all bound a- [A]way
( Chorus
Sometimes we’re bound for Liverpool, sometimes we’re bound for Spain
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
But now we’re bound for old St. John’s where all the girls are dancing
Heave away me jolly boys, we’re all bound away )
I wrote me love a letter, I was on the Jenny Lind
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
I wrote me love a letter and I signed it with a ring
Heave away me jolly boys, we’re all bound away
Chorus
Now it’s farewell Nancy darling, ‘cuz it’s now I’m going to leave you
Heave away, me jollies, heave away
You promised that me you’d marry me, but how you did deceive me
Heave away me jolly boys, we’re all bound away
Chorus