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Viewing Lyrics for Rounding The Horn:
| | | Artist: | Lloyd |
| | Album: | Miscellaneous | | Track: | Rounding The Horn | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 240 | | | | Lyrics: | Rounding the Horn
The gallant frigate, Amphitrite, she lay in Plymouth Sound,
Blue
Peter at the foremast head for she was outward bound;
We were waiting there for orders to send
us far from home;
Our orders came for Rio, and thence around Cape Horn.
Next day, we
weighed our anchor, boys, and waved goodbye all
round,
And some of us we knew would
never more see Plymouth Sound;
But still our hearts were light and gay, and when all was taut
and
snug
We foraged out the bumboat grog and each man filled his mug.
We
drank success to Plymouth girls, to Kate and Poll and Sue,
And arguing o'er their various
charms struck up a fight or two.
Jim Crab he landed Bonny Nodge a clout that made him
snort,
And to this day his nose has got a heavy list to port.
When we arrived at Rio
we prepared for heavy gales;
We set up all our rigging, boys, and bent on all new
sails.
From ship to ship they checred us as we did sail along,
And wished us pleasant
weather in rounding of Cape Horn.
While beating off Magellan Strait it blew exceeding
hard;
Whilst shortening sail two gallant tars fell from the topsail yard.
By angry seas
the ropes we threw fiom their poor hands were torn
And we were forced to leave them to the
sharks that prowl around
Cape Horn.
When we got round the Horn, my boys, we had
some glorious days
And very soon our killick dropped in Valparaiso Bay.
The pretty girls
came down to us; I solemnly declare
They are far before the Plynouth girls with their long and
curly
hair.
They love a jolly sailor when he spends his money
free;
They'll laugh and sing and merry, merry be, and have a jovial
spree.
And
when our money is all gone they won't on you impose,
They are not like the Plynouth girls
that'll pawn and sell your
clothes.
Farewell to Valparaiso, farewell for a
while,
Likewise to aII the Spanish girls all on the coast of Chile;
And if ever l live to
be paid off l'll sit and sing this song:
"God bless those pretty Spanish girls we left around
Cape Horn."
From Oxfford Book of Sea Songs, Palmer
Recorded by Killen,
Lloyd
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