| Christie |
As I walked out
one morning fair,
(Resp.) Heave away, haul away,
There I met Miss Nancy Blair,
(Resp.) We're bound for South Australia. (Lead call
in Chorus) |
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(Chorus)
Haul away, you rolling king,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia. |
| Dean |
There ain't but one thing grieves me mind,
(Resp.) Heave away, haul away,
To leave Miss Nancy Blair behind,
(Resp.) We're bound for South Australia. (Lead call
in Chorus) |
| David |
I rung her all night, I rung her all day,
(Resp.) Heave away, haul away,
I rung her before we sailed away,
(Resp.) We're bound for South Australia. (Lead call
in Chorus) |
| Jon |
I shook her up, I shook her down,
(Resp.) Heave away, haul away,
I shook her round and round the town,
(Resp.) We're bound for South Australia. (Lead call
in Chorus) |
| Gina |
Something something Nancy something . . . rms,
(Resp.) Heave away, haul away,
Something something 'nother man's arms,
(Resp.) We're bound for South Australia. (Lead call
in Chorus) |
| Mags |
Oh, when we wallop around Cape Horn,
(Resp.) Heave away, haul away,
You'll wish to God you'd never been born,
(Resp.) We're bound for South Australia. (Lead call
in Chorus) |
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(Repeat Chorus, all together)
Haul away, you rolling king,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia. |
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From Laura Smith's 1888 collection,
The Music of the
Waters.
A. L. Lloyd said in the sleeve notes
from his recording, Blow
Boys Blow :
"South Australia is
a capstan shanty of the wool clippers that plied between the
Australian ports and London. A particular favourite as a
farewell song, sung to accompany the work of lifting the
anchor. Ted Howard, of Barry, from whom our version comes,
told how he and other shell-backs were gathered round the
bed of a former shipmate. The dying man said: 'I think I'm
slippin' my cable, lads. Strike up South Australia
and let me go happy.'"
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