Nils Brown
Goodbye, Fare-ye-well
[Intro]
Hey, boys!
[Verse 1]
Oh, don't you just hear the old man say?
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
Oh, don't you hear the old man say?
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 2]
We're Homeward bound to Liverpool Town
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
Where all them judies, they will come down
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 3]
And when we gets to the Wallasey Gates
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
Oh, Sally and Polly for their flash men do wait
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 4]
And one to the other you'll hear them say
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
Oh, here he comes Johnny with his fourteen months pay!
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 5]
We meet these fly girls and we'll ring the old bell
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
And with them judies, we'll raise merry hell
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 6]
We're homeward bound to the gals of the town
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
And stamp up me bullies and heave it around
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 7]
And when we gets home, boys, oh, won't we fly 'round
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
We'll heave up the anchor to this bully sound
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 8]
We're all homeward bound for the old backyard
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
Then heave, me bullies, we're all bound homeward
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 9]
Oh, heave with a will, boys, oh, heave long and strong
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
And sing a good chorus for 'tis a good song
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!
[Verse 10]
We're homeward bound, we'll have you to know
Goodbye, fare-ye-well! Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
And over the water to England must go!
Hurrah me boys! We're homeward bound!