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Thread #158048 Message #3734533
Posted By: cnd
31-Aug-15 - 06:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Goodbye America (Phil Colclough)
Subject: Lyr Add: GOODBYE AMERICA (Phil Colclough)
I think I found the song you're asking about. Here's a Youtube video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7Rnc6NV1GQ
I've transcribed (by ear) the lyrics as he sings it, though one of the singers probably switched around some lyrics to make it more relatable. I also got the writer from the link above.
GOODBYE AMERICA
(Phil Colclough)
Walkin' down the gangway, the lads on shore for thee
We made her nice and fast at the foot of Brooklyn Pier
Goodbye America, and farewell London Town
Your hard streets and concrete, they surely brought me down
You courted me with tinsel and spent my money blind
Adios, America, you're leaving me behind
I'd read about America in a thousand magazines
My mind was filled with images from a hundred picture screens
She seemed like a fairyland, as bright came falling down
Riding in a taxi to the heart of New York Town
Goodbye America, and farewell London Town
Your hard streets and concrete, they surely brought me down
You courted me with tinsel and spent my money blind
Farewell, America, I'm leaving you behind
The ropes are singled up and the weight loaded down
With flour, and we're taking Pepsi-Cola to the port of ?Callavine?
Making down the Hudson, we didn't seem to mind
So adios, America, I'm leaving you behind
It took sixteen days to cross from the Cape Sierra Leone
And sailing out of London we were sixty days from home
Watches, they were ended, and the lads, they went for beer
We made it nice and fast at the foot of New York Pier