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Bold Riley

from Of Love and Sailors by Roary Skaista

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Traditional slow sea shanty. First collected by A. L. Lloyd in 1962 and since performed by Louis Killen, Kate Rusby and the Wailin' Jennys. I learnt it at Forest School Camps.

lyrics

LYRICS:

Well the rain it rains all day long,
Bold Riley-o, Bold Riley,
And the northern wind, it blows so strong,
Bold Riley-o has gone away.

Goodbye my sweetheart,
Goodbye my dear-o
Bold Riley-o, Bold Riley,
Goodbye my darling,
Goodbye my dear-o,
Bold Riley-o has gone away.

Well come on, Mary, don't look glum,
Bold Riley-o, Bold Riley,
Come White-stocking Day you'll be drinking rum
Bold Riley-o has gone away.

Goodbye my sweetheart,
Goodbye my dear-o
Bold Riley-o, Bold Riley,
Goodbye my darling,
Goodbye my dear-o,
Bold Riley-o has gone away.

Well, we're outward bound for the Bengal Bay,
Bold Riley-o, Bold Riley,
Get bending, me lads,
It's a hell-of-a-way,
Bold Riley-o has gone away.

Goodbye my sweetheart,
Goodbye my dear-o
Bold Riley-o, Bold Riley,
Goodbye my darling,
Goodbye my dear-o,
Bold Riley-o has gone away.

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from Of Love and Sailors, released August 1, 2015
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Roary Skaista is a queer folk musician based in Oxford, performing traditional folk songs as well as their own material on the themes of love, nature and diversity.

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