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Thread #7339   Message #4183643
Posted By: Lighter
14-Oct-23 - 11:53 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Spanish Ladies
Subject: RE: Origins: Spanish Ladies
A presumably ersatz Yankee version can be heard in the background of the "Moby Dick" episode of the cable series "Great Books" (1996):


        Farewell and adieu to you Spanish ladies.
        Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain.
        Our ship’s received orders, we sail for New England—
        But we hope in a short time to see you again.
                
        We’ll rant and we’ll roar, like true Yankee sailormen.
        We’ll rant and we’ll roar on deck and below.
        Until we sight Gay Head and old Martha’s Vineyard,
        Then straight up the channel to New Bedford we’ll go.
         
        I’ve been a sea cook and I’ve been a clipper man...
        [more inaudible]