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<\/a><\/p>\nJos. Morneault<\/p>\n
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Oh, I\u2019ll sing you a song, a good song of the sea And it\u2019s a-way Rio!\u00a0 A-way Rio!<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/strong> So man the good capstan, and run it around, Oh Essex’s a town that is too rough for me, We’ve a bully good ship, and a bully good crew, We’ll sell our salt cod for molasses and rum, So we\u2019ll sail our ship over the\u00a0Saybrook bar, We’ve a deep water ship and a deep water crew, Oh\u00a0good-by my darling and don’t look so down; The chain’s up and down now, the Bosun did day, So it’s good-by to Nancy and good-by to Sue, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was an outward bound chantey that was rather popular in its day, usually sung at the capstan or windlass while raising anchor.\u00a0 The Rio Grande it refers to is actually the one in Brazil and dates from the earlier part of the 19th century.\u00a0 I first learned it as a boy from the great […]<\/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-346","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/346","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=346"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4805,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/346\/revisions\/4805"}],"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=346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA-way\u2026 Rio!<\/i><\/strong>
\nI\u2019ll sing it, but only if you sing with me.
\nAnd we\u2019re bound for the Rio Grande!<\/i><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n
\nSing Fare-thee-well, my pretty young gal<\/i><\/strong>
\n And we\u2019re bound for the Rio Grande!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWe’ll hawl up the anchor to this jolly sound.<\/p>\n
\nI’ve packed up me sea chest to git off to sea.<\/p>\n
\nA well seasoned\u00a0mate, and a\u00a0stout captain, too.<\/p>\n
\nAnd get back again\u00a0afore winter has come.<\/p>\n
\nAnd point her nose down for the South-er-en Star.<\/p>\n
\nYou can stick to the coast but be damned if we do!<\/p>\n
\nI’ve left you enough for to buy a silk gown.<\/p>\n
\nIt’s up to the hawse-pipe, for the anchor’s aweigh!<\/p>\n
\nAnd you who are listening, good-by to you.<\/p>\n