Sean Dagher & Michiel Schrey & Nils Brown
Nils Brown & Sean Dagher & Clayton Kennedy
Nils Brown & Clayton Kennedy & Sean Dagher
Clayton Kennedy & Sean Dagher & Nils Brown
Sean Dagher & Clayton Kennedy & Nils Brown
Clayton Kennedy & Nils Brown & Sean Dagher
Sean Dagher & Clayton Kennedy & Nils Brown
Nils Brown & Clayton Kennedy & Sean Dagher
Nils Brown & Sean Dagher & Michiel Schrey
Nils Brown & Sean Dagher & Michiel Schrey
Michiel Schrey & Nils Brown & Nelson Carter & Sean Dagher & Richard Irwin
Nils Brown & David Gossage & Charlotte Cumberbirch & Michiel Schrey & Nelson Carter & Sean Dagher & Richard Irwin
Sean Dagher & David Gossage & Charlotte Cumberbirch & Michiel Schrey & Nils Brown & Nelson Carter & Richard Irwin
Nils Brown & David Gossage & Nelson Carter & Richard Irwin & Sean Dagher & Michiel Schrey
Michiel Schrey & David Gossage & Richard Irwin & Nelson Carter & Charlotte Cumberbirch & Nils Brown & Sean Dagher
Charlotte Cumberbirch & Sean Dagher & David Gossage & Nelson Carter & Richard Irwin
Sean Dagher & David Gossage & Michiel Schrey & Nils Brown & Nelson Carter & Richard Irwin
Charlotte Cumberbirch & Richard Irwin & David Gossage & Nelson Carter & Sean Dagher
Linda Morrison & David Gossage & Patrick Graham & Nelson Carter & Sean Dagher
Charlotte Cumberbirch & David Gossage & Nelson Carter & Sean Dagher & Richard Irwin
Linda Morrison & David Gossage & Patrick Graham & Nelson Carter & Sean Dagher
Marcos Marin & Eric Breton & Dominic Soulard
Marcos Marin & Eric Breton & Dominic Soulard
Marcos Marin & Eric Breton & Dominic Soulard
Marcos Marin & Eric Breton & Dominic Soulard
Stan Hugill calls this ‘Goodbye, fare-ye-well’, and says it was probably the most popular homeward bound shanty of them all. As well as a variant of the “standard” revival version he gives three other sets of words to the same tune: all three lyrics are also commonly found in other shanties.
[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!