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Songs for Sailors

by W. C. Bennett: Second edition
 
 
 

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OUTWARD BOUND.

Yo, heave ho!
Round the capstan go!
Round men with a will,
Tramp and tramp it still!
The anchor must be heaved. Yo ho!
Yo, heave ho!
That's the way to go;
There they stand in tears,
Watching us, the dears,
But we must off to sea. Yo ho!
Yo, heave ho!
Take it kindly so!
When the voyage is done,
Then will come our fun
With the girls and wives from whom we go.
Yo, heave ho!
Cash must come, and so
Work men with a will,
Your pockets well to fill
For those for whom to sea we go.

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Yo, heave ho!
A wave to shore, and so,
Now the anchor's weighed,
Put all sail on the jade,
And hurrah! off for good we go.