This song was usually sung aboard ships leaving Australia, though it was popular throughout the world. As usual, sailors would amend the country named in the chorus at will.
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Call all hands to man the capstan See the cable running clear Heave away and with a will, boys For new England we will steer
Ch: Rolling home, rolling home Rolling home across the sea Rolling home to old New England Rolling home dear land to thee
Fare you well, you Spanish maidens It is time to say adieu Happy times we've spent together Happy times we've spent with you
"Round Cape Horn one frosty morning And our sails were full of snow Clear your sheets and sway your halyards Swing her out and let her go
Up aloft amid the rigging Blows a wild and rushing gale Like a monsoon in the springtime Filling out each well known sail
And the waves we leave behind us Seem to murmur as they flow There's a hearty welcome waiting In the land to which you go
Many thousand miles behind us Many thousand miles before Ocean lifts her winds to bring us To that well remembered shore
And we'll sing in joyful chorus In the watches of the night And we'll sight the shores of England When the gray dawn brings the light.
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Cheer up Jack, bright smiles await you From the fairest of the fair, And her loving eyes will greet you With kind welcomes everywhere.