| Was you ever in Rio Grande? Heave away for Rio!
It's there that the river flows down golden sand! |
| CHORUS: Then away, boys, away, Away down Rio, Fare thee well, my pretty young girl, We're bound for the Rio Grande. |
| So It's pack up your sea-chest an' get underway, The girls we are leavin' can have our half-pay |
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| Our ship went sailin' over the bar, We've pointed her bow to the southern stars. |
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| You Liverpool Judies, we'll have you to know, We're bound to the south'ard and glad for to go. |
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| We're a Liverpool ship & a Liverpool crew, You can stick to the coast but I'm damned if we do! |
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| Goodbye to Ellen & Molly & Sue, You Park Lane Judies, it's goodbye to you. |
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Taken from Shanty Seattle