GOOD BYE FARE YE WELL It's of a flash Packet, a Packet I've seen-- Good bye fare ye well - Good bye fare ye well. She's a hearty flash packet - the Dreadnaught's her name - Hurrah me boys, we're bound to go She sails to the westward where stormy winds blow Good bye, &c. Bound away in the Dreadnaught to the westward we'll ho Hurrah me boys, &c. It's now we are hauling right out of the dock Wher the boys and the girls on the pierhead do flock They give three loud cheers while the tears downward flow Bound away in the Dreadnaught, to the westward we'll go- Oh now we are lying in the River Mersey Waiting for the tug boat to take us to sea She tows us round the black rocks where Mersey does flow Bound away in the Dreadnaught, to the westward we'll go It's now we are sailing on the wild Irish shore Our passengers all sick - and our new mates all sore The crew fore and aft - all round to and fro Bound away in the Dreadnaught, to the westward we'll go Oh it's now we've arrived on the banks of Newfoundland Wher the water is green and the bottom is sand Where the fish of the ocean swim round to and fro Bound away in the Dreadnaught, to the westward we'll go Now we are running down Long Island Shore Where the Pilot does 'board' us as he's oft done before Then back your main top sail - rise your main tack also Bound away in the Dreadnaught, to the westward we'll go It's now we've arrived at New York once more Where I'll see my dear Polly, the girl I adore- I'll call for strong liquors and merry will be, Here's a health to the 'Dreadnaught' where'ere she may be Here's a health to the Captain and all his brave crew Hree's a health to the 'Dreadnaught' and officers too And this song was composed when the watch went below Bound away in the Dreadnaught, to the westward we'll go X:1 T:Good Bye Fare Ye Well L:1/8 M:3/4 K:C G2 | c2 B2 A2 | (G2^F2) G2 | (A2G2) E2 | G4 G2 | G2 F3 E | (F2A2) A2 | A2 G3 =F | E4 G G | G2 G2 G2 | G2 ^F2 G2 | (A2B2) A2 | G4 (c2|B4) G2 | A4 ^F2 | G2 B2 A2 | G6 || To create a score, copy the abc notation above, and paste in Tune-O-Tron
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