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You did nail this one!

Here's what John & Joy Rennie of Dogwatch sent me. First, the original poem as distributed to the schools in the UK as a set of "Five Chantey Songs" in 1920 with music by Easthope Martin:

ROSARIO (Anchor Song)

(By Cicely Fox Smith, © 1920)
   
Early in the morning as the moon was in the sky,
Early in the morning I kiss'd my girl goodbye,
For kissing-time is over and it's time and time to go
When you've a long road to travel to Rosario!

Oh wake her, oh shake her! And the Peter's flying free,
And the pilot's come aboard her, and she's hungry for the sea.
Kissing time is over; And it's time and time to go
When you've a long road to travel to Rosario!

The summer'll soon be dead, lass, the leaves'll fade and die,
And white on ev'ry furrow the winter snows'll lie,
But we're bound for the long furrow where never lies the snow,
And we've a long road to travel to Rosario!

Oh wake her – oh shake her! The anchor chain comes in
To a roaring chanty chorus we make the capstan spin.
Sou' west and a half west, and steady as we go,
And we've a long road to travel to Rosario!

And now she smells the deep sea, and now she's gathering way,
And now she meets the rollers in a white smother of spray,
Sou' west and a half west and steady as we go,
And we've a long road to travel to Rosario!

I note that the original fragment:

Oh, wake her – oh, shake her! – and it's good-bye to the shore,
With the north wind in her topsails and the whole wide world before…
Sou'west an' a half west and steady as you go….
For we've a long road to travel to Rosario!"

is not included in these verses and may have been dropped for this publication or added later. Danny McLeod's manuscript of C. Fox Smith's poems lists "Rosario" and we may learn from him if this verse was included there.

Here's the version that Dogwatch worked up for singing on their CD of the same name:

Rosario-2

(Modified and new tune by John and Joy Rennie)

Early in the morning, as the moon was in the sky,
Early in the morning; I kissed my girl goodbye,
For kissing time is over and it's time and time to go
And we've a long, long road to travel to Rosario!
Oh wake her - oh shake her! The Peter's flying free,
The pilot's come aboard her, and she's hungry for the sea.
For kissing time is over and it's time and time to go
And we've a long, long road to travel to Rosario!

The summer'll soon be dead, lass, the leaves'll fade and die,
And white on ev'ry furrow, the winter snows'll lie,
But we're bound for the long, long furrow; where never lies the snow,
And we've a long, long road to travel to Rosario!
Oh wake her - oh shake her! The anchor chain comes in
To a roaring chanty chorus, we make the capstan spin.
For kissing time is over and it's time and time to go
And we've a long, long road to travel to Rosario!

And now she smells the deep sea, and now she's gathering way,
And now she meets the rollers – in a white smother of spray,
It's sou' west and a half west, and steady as we go,
And we've a long, long road to travel to Rosario!
Oh wake her - oh shake her! The moon was in the sky,
Early in the morning; I kissed my girl goodbye,
For kissing time is over and it's time and time to go
And we've a long, long road to travel to Rosario!
Oh wake her - oh shake her! The moon was in the sky,
Early in the morning; I kissed my girl goodbye,
For kissing time is over and it's time and time to go
And we've a long, long road to travel to Rosario!

This has been a gratifying haul, delivered with grace and skill from our collective Mudcat crew. Thank you all very much!

I'm going to ask a Joe Clone to re-name this thread so it includes "Rosario"

Cheerily,
Charley Noble