LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
(Trad sailor's song c: 1865)

perf: Dubliners, Gaelic Storm, Seekers, Pogues et. al.


Farewell to Prince's Landing Stage
River Mersey, fare thee well
I am bound for California,
A place I know right well

    Chorus:
    So fare thee well, my own true love
    For when I return, united we will be
    It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
    But my darling when I think of thee

I'm bound off for California
By the way of stormy Cape Horn
And I'm bound to write you a letter, love
When I am homeward bound

    (Chorus)

I have signed on a Yankee clipper ship
Davy Crockett is her name
And Burgess is the Captain of her
And they that say she's a floating shame

    (Chorus)

I have shipped with Burgess once before
And I think I know him well
If a man's a sailor, he can get along
If not, then he's sure in Hell

    (Chorus)

Farewell to lower Frederick Street
Ensign Terrace and Park Lane
For I think it will be a long, long time
Before I see you again

    (Chorus)

Oh the sun is on the harbour, love
And I wish I could remain
For I know it will be a long, long time
Till I see you again

    (Chorus) 




(Contributed by =Aemoggs= - May 2009)