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T:Spanish Ladies
S:Chappell p 737
B:Oxford Book of Sea Songs, ISBN 0-19-282155-5
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:Fare-well and a-dieu to_ you Span-ish lad-ies,
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w:Fare-well and a-dieu to you, lad-ies of Spain
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w:For we have re-ciev'd ord-ers to sail to old
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w:Eng-**land But we hope in a short while to see you a-gain
W:Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies,
W:Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain;
W:For we have recieved orders to sail to old England,
W:But we hope in a short time to see you again
W:
W:Chorus:
W:We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,
W:We'll rant and we'll roar across the salt seas;
W:Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England
W:From Ushant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues.
W:
W:Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'-west. my boys,
W:Then we hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear;
W:Then we filled up the main topsail and bore right away, my boys,
W:And straight up the Channel of old England did steer.
W:
W:So the first land we made it is called the Deadman,
W:Next Ram Head off Plymouth, Start, Portland and the Wight;
W:We sail-ed by Beachy, by Fairly and Dungeness,
W:And then bore away for the South Foreland light.
W:
W:Now the signal it was made for the grand fleet to anchor,
W:All on the Downs that night for to meet;
W:Then stand by your stoppers, see clear your shank-painters,
W:Haul all your clew gernets, stick out tacks and sheets.
W:
W:Now let every man take off his full bumper,
W:Let every man take off his full bowl;
W:For we will be jolly and drown melancholy,
W:With a health to each jovial and true-hearted soul.