{"id":1406,"date":"2013-11-28T18:27:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T22:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=1406"},"modified":"2014-08-01T18:05:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T22:05:38","slug":"roll-down","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=1406","title":{"rendered":"Roll Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

Outward-bound Capstan Chantey composed by Englishman Peter Bellamy for his folk opera “The Transports<\/a>.” \u00a9 1977.\u00a0 <\/span>“. . . it tells the story of the first people from Britain to settle in Australia in the \u201cFirst Fleet\u201d of 1787. This song, as a few other from this outstanding work, have reached the coveted status in the folk music genre as being believed by many to be actually a song of historical origins, and sometimes one will hear additional verses as well as variations on those below.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Sweet ladies of Plymouth, we bid you good-bye,
\n<\/span>Roll-oll, roll-oll-oll down!<\/i>
\n<\/b>We will rock you and roll you again by and by,\u00a0\u00a0 [beat]
\nWalk a-round, me brave boys, and roll down!<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain:
\nAnd we will roll-oll, roll-oll-oll down,<\/i><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 [beat]
\nWalk a-round, me brave boys, and roll down!<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The anchor’s aweigh and the sails are unfurled,
\n<\/span>Roll-oll\u2026 <\/i>
\n<\/b>We’re bound for to sail her halfway ’round the world,
\nWalk a-round\u2026<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the\u00a0wide Bay of Biscay the seas do run high,<\/span>
\nThem poor sickly transports they’ll wish they could die,<\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When the wild coast of Africa it do appear,<\/span>
\nThem poor nervous transports will tremble with fear,<\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When the Cape of Good Hope it is rounded at last
\nThem poor lonesome transports they’ll long for the past<\/span>,<\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When the great southern whales on our quarter do spout,<\/span>
\nThem poor simple transports, they’ll goggle and shout,<\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When we arrive\u00a0off\u00a0Australia’s strand,<\/span>
\nThem poor weary transports, they’ll long for the land,<\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

And when we\u00a0return for old England’s shore,<\/span>
\nThem poor\u00a0stranded transports, we’ll see ’em no more,<\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Then, sweet ladies of Plymouth, we’ll pay all your rent,
\nAnd go roving no more till our money’s all spent,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Refrain 2x:<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Outward-bound Capstan Chantey composed by Englishman Peter Bellamy for his folk opera “The Transports.” \u00a9 1977.\u00a0 “. . . it tells the story of the first people from Britain to settle in Australia in the \u201cFirst Fleet\u201d of 1787. This song, as a few other from this outstanding work, have reached the coveted status in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2594,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1406\/revisions\/2594"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}