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South Australia

Traditional:

courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com

Capstan shanty  



In South Australia I was born  To me heave away, haul away

In South Australia round Cape Horn

CHORUS after each verse:

We're bound for South Australia haul away you rolling kings

To me heave away, haul away haul away, you'll hear me sing

We're bound for South Australia As I walked out one morning fair

To me heave away, haul away 'Twas there I met Miss Nancy Blair

I shook her up and I shook her down To me heave away, haul away

I shook her round and round the town

I run her all night and I run her all day To me heave away, haul away

And I run her until we sailed away

There ain't but one thing grieves me mind   To me heave away, haul away

To leave Miss Nancy Blair behind 

And as we wallop around Cape Horn  To me heave away, haul away

You'll wish to God you'd never been born In South Australia my native land

To me heave away, haul away Full of rocks and thieves and fleas and sand

I wish I was on Australia's strand  To me heave away, haul away

With a bottle of whiskey in my hand



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