This is a very popular sea shanty collected and performed by many artists including, but not limited to, A. L. Loyd, The Corries and Fisherman's Friends. It is a great campfire song, so you can probably guess where I first learnt it!
lyrics
LYRICS:
In South Australia I was born,
Heave away, haul away,
In South Australia round Cape Horn,
We're bound for South Australia.
Haul away, you rolling kings,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia.
As I walked out one morning fair,
Heave away, haul away
'Twas there I met Miss Nancy Blair,
We're bound for South Australia.
Haul away, you rolling kings,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia.
I rolled her up, I rolled her down,
Heave away, haul away,
I rolled her round about the town,
We're bound for South Australia.
Haul away, you rolling kings,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia.
There's just one thing which grieves me mind,
Heave away, haul away,
Is to leave Miss Nancy Blair behind,
We're bound for South Australia.
Haul away, you rolling kings,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia.
And as we wallop around Cape Horn,
Heave away, haul away,
You'll wish to God you'd never been born,
We're bound for South Australia.
Haul away, you rolling kings,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia.
Now here I am in a foreign land,
Heave away, haul away,
With a bottle of whiskey in my hand,
We're bound for South Australia.
Haul away, you rolling kings,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia.
Port Adelaide is a fine old town,
Heave away, haul away,
There's plenty of girls to go around,
We're bound for South Australia.
Haul away, you rolling kings,
Heave away, haul away,
Haul away, oh hear me sing,
We're bound for South Australia.
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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