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Good Bye - Fare You Well

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Oh fare you well, I wish you well

Goodbye, fare you well; goodbye, fare you well

Oh fare you well, my bonny young lassies
Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound

The billows roll, the breezes blow
Goodbye, fare you well; goodbye, fare you well

To us they're calling: sheet home and go
Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound

We're homeward bound, and I hear the sound,
Goodbye, fare you well; goodbye, fare you well

So heave on the capstan and make it spin round
Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound

Our anchor's aweigh and our sails they are set
Goodbye, fare you well; goodbye, fare you well

And the girls we are leaving we leave with regret.
Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound

She's a flash clipper packet and bound for to go,
Goodbye, fare you well; goodbye, fare you well

With the girls on her towrope she cannot say no
Hurrah, my boys, we're homeward bound



The author of this website has put a lot of time and effort into gathering the greatest collection of sea shanties for the world to enjoy - There are songs that have been to sung to a job of work at sea for many, many years and collecting them has been a great endeavour. - Roger Chartier has made the effort out of his own interest and the requests that he has gotten to do this work from fellow musicians who wanted a good source of sea shanties to draw on and learn from. He has been told that for this effort he is a remarkable man.