Rolling Home   

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

Up aloft amid the rigging

Swiftly blows the loud favoring gale

Strong as springtime in its blossom

Filling out each swelling sail

And the waves we leave behind us

Seem to murmur as they rise

We have tarried here to bear you

To the land you dearly prize

CHORUS after each verse

Rolling home rolling home rolling home across the sea
Rolling home to dear old England rolling home dear land to thee

Full ten thousand miles behind us

And a thousand miles before

Ancient ocean waves to waft us

To the well remembered shore

Cheer up Jack bright smiles await you

From the fairest of the fair

And her loving eyes will greet you

With kind welcomes everywhere

Call all hands to man the capstan

See the cable run down clear

Heave away and with a will boys

For old England we will steer

And we'll sing in joyful chorus

In the watches of the night

And we'll sight the shores of England

When the grey dawn brings the light

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com