This is the version of the capstan shanty "Good-bye, Fare You Well!" recorded by Captain Leighton Robinson in 1939.
We're homeward bound, I hear them say,
Good-bye, fare you well, good-bye, fare you well!
We're homeward bound, I hear them say,
Hurrah, my boys! We're homeward bound!
[Similarly:]
We're homeward bound this very day....
We're homeward bound for Frisco town....
Oh, heave away, she's up and down....
Our anchor, boys, we soon will see....
We're homeward bound, 'tis a joyous sound....
Oh, I thought I heard our old man say....
Oh, Frisco Bay is three months and a day....
Oh, those Frisco girls they have got us in tow....
It's good-bye to Katie and good-bye to Nell....
Oh, it's good-bye again, and fare you well....
And now I hear our first mate say....
We've got the flukes at last in sight....
Robinson Recordings
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