We're All Bound To Go
capstan shanty

Lyrics courtesy  of www.sailorsongs.com

Oh as I walked down the landing stage
All on a Summer's morn
Heave away, my Johnny heave away
It's there I spied an Irish girl
A-looking all forlorn
And away my Johnny boys
We're all bound to go

Oh good morning, Mister Tapscott
Good morning, my girl, says he
Heave away my Johnny heave away
Have you got a packet ship
To carry me across the sea
And away my Johnny boys
We're all bound to go

Oh yes I have a clipper ship
She's called the Henry Clay
Heave away my Johnny heave away
She sails today for Boston Bay
She sails away at break of day.
And away my Johnny boys
We're all bound to go

 Oh will you take me to Boston Bay
When she sails away at break of day
Heave away my Johnny heave away
I want to marry a Yankee boy
And I'll cross the sea no more
And away my Johnny boys
We're all bound to go                   

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com