{"id":65,"date":"2013-06-23T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T15:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2013-07-01T06:58:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T10:58:25","slug":"south-australia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=65","title":{"rendered":"South Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Australia (Rolling King, or The Codfish Chantey) is one of those rousing capstan chanteys that has become iconic for sailors raising the roof in taverns the world over, as demonstrated in movies and TV as well as within our circles.\u00a0 It is not as old as some historical groups might suppose, having come about around the time of emigration (or export) to the colonies in Australia.\u00a0 If you’re interested in its history, you might start with this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In South Australia I was born!
\n\uf0d8 To me heave away! To me haul away!<\/em><\/strong>
\nIn South Australia \u2018round Cape Horn!
\n\uf0d8 We\u2019re a-bound for South Australia!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\uf0d8 Haul away, you rolling king,<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To me heave away! To me haul away!<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All the way you\u2019ll hear me sing<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We\u2019re a-bound for South Australia!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As I stepped out one morning fair
\n> To me heave…<\/em><\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s there I met Miss Nancy Blair.
\n> We’re a-bound…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I shook her up, I shook her down,
\n>
\nI shook her round and round the town.
\n><\/p>\n

There ain\u2019t but one thing grieves me mind,
\n>
\nBut to leave Miss Nancy’s bare behind.
\n><\/p>\n

And as you wallop around Cape Horn,
\n>
\nYou\u2019ll wish to Christ you\u2019d never been born!
\n><\/p>\n

Up the coast to Vallipo
\n>
\nNorthward on to Callao.
\n><\/p>\n

Oh, rock and roll me over boys,
\n>
\nLet\u2019s get this damn job over boys.
\n><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Stan Hugill gives an alternative set of verses, which accounts for the Codfish angle… Similar to the song “Cape Cod Girls”.\u00a0 Stan provides an alternative melody that had been used, but it can work just as well with the melody we all know.\u00a0 Sailors might change the place names when they chose, and even make the whole song a bit bawdier, as we sometimes do after hours…<\/p>\n

*Downeast girls don’t use no combs.
\nHeave Away! Heave Away!<\/strong><\/em>
\nThey comb their hair with a whalefish bone.
\nAn’ We’re bound for South Australia!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heave away, me bully boys!<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heave away! Heave away!<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Heave away, why don’t ye make some noise?<\/em><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An’ we’re bound for South Australia!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*Yankee gals don’t sleep on beds.
\n> Heave away…<\/em><\/strong>
\nThey go to sleep on codfish’s heads.
\n> An’ we’re…<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

*Cape Cod gals have got big feet.
\nCodfish’s rows is nice an’ sweet.<\/p>\n

*Quaker gals don’t wear no frills.
\nThey’re tight an’ skinny as a halibut’s gills.<\/p>\n

*Glou’ster gals make damn fine cooks.
\nThey’re good at catching sprats on hooks.<\/p>\n

*Nantucket gals are very fine.
\nThey know how to bait a codfish line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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