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Thread #164302   Message #3930628
Posted By: Iains
13-Jun-18 - 05:08 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Fail-Oro we're Sailing
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fail-Oro we're Sailing
My best attempt but two lines have me licked!


Fal Oro we’re sailing, The bosun is hailing
The lads are high in the rigging and the wind in the hawsers is wailing

Fal Oro we’re sailing
We took her out of Greenock???????????
Six and thirty bright sails she had like maidens of the valley
Fal Oro we’re sailing, The bosun is hailing
The lads are high in the rigging and the wind in the hawsers is wailing
Fal Oro we’re sailing

We passed the land of Erin, No signs of it fairing, the wind blew up from behind us
And it blew till ????????started swearing
Fal Oro we’re sailing, The bosun is hailing
The lads are high in the rigging and the wind in the hawsers is wailing
Fal Oro we’re sailing

We’re bound for Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Manitoba
We’ll be at sea for a year or more, before this voyage is over
Fal Oro we’re sailing, The bosun is hailing
The lads are high in the rigging and the wind in the hawsers is wailing
Fal Oro we’re sailing
Fal Oro we’re sailing