Oh a ship went a-sailing out over the bar –
Away Rio!
We pointed her bow to the Southern star –
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
Chorus:
And away Rio – away Rio!
It's fare you well all you pretty young girls,
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
It's farewell to Sally and farewell to Sue –
Away Rio!
And you on the pierhead it's farewell to you –
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
It's fare you well, all you ladies of town –
Away Rio!
We've left you enough to buy a silk gown –
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
We'll sell our salt cod for molasses and rum –
Away Rio!
And be back again for Thankgivings has come –
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
The chain's up and down now the Bosun did say –
Away Rio!
It's up to the hawsepipe and then we're away –
And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
(Traditional sea shanty.)
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