Lyrics
(Sea shanty)
Fare thee well to Prince’s Landing Stage
River Mersey, fare thee well
I am bound for California
It’s a place that I know right well
Refrain
So fare thee well, my own true love
And when I return, united we will be
It’s not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling, when I think of thee
I have signed on a Yankee Clipper ship
“Davy Crockett” is her name
And Burgess is the Captain of her
And they say she’s a floating shame Refrain
Now the sun is on the harbour, love
And I wish I could remain
For I know it will be a long, long time
Before I see you again Refrain
See also
- Subject: sea shanties
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Melody: dominant triad
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
- Source: The International Book of Folk Songs, Norman Luboff, Win Stracke, Walton Music Corp, 1965
YouTube
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