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Shogun Discovering world legacy of shanties by 'Shogun' (266* d) RE: Discovering world legacy of shanties by 'Shogun' 13 Apr 21


079 - Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye

Here the hauling shanty. Tozer and Colcord give a version, the former giving a set of very sentimental verses which Stan Hugill, he fell sure to have been made up. C. F. Smith sees in it a resemblance to "Shallow Brown”.
Shanties from the Seven Seas by Stan Hugill (1st ed p 118).


Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye


I,m bound away to leave yer,
   - GoodBYE my love, goodBYE!
I never will deceiver yer,
   - GoodBYE my love, goodBYE!

            *2*
I'll leave you my half pay, Sue,
White-stocking Day soon will be due.

            *3*
Have a drink on me, my dearie,
For waiting's mighty weary.

            *4*
We're bound away to 'Frisco,
Oh, cut her strings an' let 'er go!


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