Rio Grande

X:1
T:Rio Grande
B:Hugill, Stan, (1969), Shanties and Sailors Songs, London, Herbert Jenkins
Z:Stan Hugill
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:Eb
B,2 B, |E E E G G G |F E F E3 |
w:Oh, a ship went a-sail-in' out o-ver the bar
B3-B2 G |c B3-B B |c d e B A G |(AB) A G
w:'Way_for Ri-o!* They've poin-ted her bow to the South-*ern Star,
 E F |G3/2 A/ G (FE) F | (E3E)
w:An' we're bound for the Ri-*o Grande!_
 E F |G3 F E F |(E3E) z2 |B3-B2 G | c B3-B
w:Then a-waay, bul-lies, a-way!_ 'Waay_ for Ri-o!_
B |(cd) e (BA) G |A B A G
w:Sing fare_ ye well_ me Liv-er-pool gals,
E F |G3/2 A/ G (FE) F |E3  |]
w: an' we're bound for the Ri-*o Grande!
W:Oh, a ship went a-sailin' out over the bar,
W:('Way for Rio!)
W:They've pointed her bow to the Southern Star,
W:(An' we're bound for the Rio Grande!)
W:
W:Full Chorus:
W:Then away, bullies away!
W:Away for Rio!
W:Sing fare-ye-well, me Liverpool gals,
W:An' we're bound for the Rio Grande!
W:
W:Oh, say wuz ye niver down Rio Grande?
W:Them smart senoritas, they sure beats the band.
W:
W:We wuz sick of the beach when our money wuz gone,
W:So we signed in this packet to drive her along.
W:
W:There's some of us sick, there's some of us sore,
W:We've scoffed all our whack an' we're looking for more.
W:
W:Ye parkee Lane judies we'll 'ave ye to know,
W:We're bound to the south'ard, oh, Lord let us go!
W:
W:Oh, pack up yer donkeys an' git under way,
W:Them judies we're leavin' will git our half-pay.
W:
W:Cheer up, Mary Ellen, now don't look so glum,
W:On white-stockin' day ye'll be drinkin' hot rum.
W:
W:We're a Liverpool ship wid a Liverpool crew,
W:Ye can stick to the coast, but I'm damned if we do.
W:
W:It's goodbye to Ellen an' sweet Molly, too,
W:Ye Parkee Lane judies 'tis goodbye to you.
W:
W:Heve only one pawl, then 'vast having, me sons,
W:Sing only one chorus - it's blowin' big guns!
W:

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