[Verse 1]
Galway girls don't use no comb
Heave away! Haul away!
Well, they combs their hair with the codfish bone
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Chorus]
And it’s heave 'er up me, bully, bully boys!
Heave away! Haul away!
Heave 'er up and don’t you make a noise!
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Verse 2]
Them Galway boats don’t have no sails
Heave away! Haul away!
All blown off in the northwest gale
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Chorus]
And it’s heave 'er up me, bully, bully boys!
Heave away! Haul away!
Heave 'er up and don’t you make a noise!
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Verse 3]
My dear old mother she wrote to me
Heave away! Haul away!
Son, dear son, come home from sea!
And we're bound away for the whaling!
[Chorus]
And it’s heave 'er up me, bully, bully boys!
Heave away! Haul away!
Heave 'er up and don’t you make a noise!
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Verse 4]
And it’s ‘round Cape Horn that we must go
Heave away! Haul away!
That is where them whale-fish blow!
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Chorus]
And it’s heave 'er up me, bully, bully boys!
Heave away! Haul away!
Heave 'er up and don’t you make a noise!
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Verse 5]
Them Galway girls don’t wear no clothes
Heave away! Haul away!
Galway city just as straight as she goes!
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Chorus]
And it’s heave 'er up me, bully, bully boys!
Heave away! Haul away!
Heave 'er up and don’t you make a noise!
And we're bound away for the whaling!
[Verse 6]
And it’s one more pull and that will do
Heave away! Haul away!
We’re the boys to pull ‘er through!
And we're bound away for the whaling!

[Chorus]
And it’s heave 'er up me, bully, bully boys!
Heave away! Haul away!
Heave 'er up and don’t you make a noise!
And we're bound away for the whaling!