SANTY ANO
(aka "SANTIANO", "SANTY ANNO", "SANTO ANNO", "AWEIGH, SANTY ANO")
(Traditional Sea Shanty)

Odetta - 1954
Burl Ives - 1956
The Kingston Trio - 1958
The Highwaymen - 1961
Blackeyed Biddy - 1989
"Spider" John Koerner - 1992
Buffy Stewart with Darwin's Army - 1999

Also recorded by: The Shanes; Philippe Vanden;
Hugues Aufray; Jimmie Driftwood; Paul Clayton;
Dave Guard; Dan Furmanik: ........ and others.


From Boston Town we're bound away
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
Around Cape Horn to Frisco Bay
We're bound for Californ-i-o
So Heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
Heave her up and away we'll go
We're bound for Californ-i-o

She's a fast clipper ship and a bully crew
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
A down-east Yankee for her captain, too
We're bound for Californ-i-o
So Heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
Heave her up and away we'll go
We're bound for Californ-i-o

Back in the days of Forty-nine
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
Those were the days of the good old times
Way out in Californ-i-o
So Heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
Heave her up and away we'll go
We're bound for Californ-i-o

When I leave ship I'll settle down
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
I'll marry a girl named Sally Brown
Way out in Californ-i-o
So Heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
Heave her up and away we'll go
We're bound for Californ-i-o

There's plenty of gold, so I've been told
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
Plenty of gold so I've been told
Way out in Californ-i-o
So Heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh (Heave aweigh!) Santy Ano
Heave her up and away we'll go
We're bound for Californ-i-o


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As recorded by The Highwaymen under the title "SANTIANO":


We're sailing 'cross the river from Liverpool
Heave aweigh, Santiano
'Round Cape Horn to Frisco Bay
Way out in Californ-i-o

So, heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh, Santiano
So, heave her up and away we'll go
Way out in Californ-i-o

There's plenty of gold, so I've been told
Heave aweigh, Santiano
There's plenty of gold, so I've been told
Way out in Californ-i-o

So, heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh, Santiano
Heave her up and away we'll go
Way out in Californ-i-o

Well, back in the days of forty-nine
Heave aweigh, Santiano
Back in the days of the good old times
Way out in Californ-i-o

So, heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh, Santiano
Heave her up and away we'll go
Way out in Californ-i-o

When I leave ship, I'll settle down
Heave aweigh, Santiano
Marry a girl named Sally Brown
Way out in Californi-i-o

So, heave her up and away we'll go
Heave aweigh, Santiano
Heave her up and away we'll go
Way out in Californ-i-o


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2005)


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ALTERNATE VERSION (1)


Maximilian's daughter has my love,
Heave away for Santy Anno!
Maximilian's daughter has my love,
Heave away, my lads, for Mexico!

And I left my love in Laguna town,
Heave away for Santy Anno!
And I left my love in Laguna town,
Heave away, my lads, for Mexico!

And when will I see Laguna's shore?
Heave away for Santy Anno!
And when will I see my love once more?
Heave away, my lads, for Mexico!


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ALTERNATE VERSION (2)


When Zacharias Taylor gained the day
Heave away, Santy Anno
He made poor Santy run away
All on the plains of Mexico

General Scott and Taylor, too
Heave away, Santy Anno
Made poor Santy meet his Waterloo
All on the plains of Mexico

Santy Anno was a good old man
Heave away, Santy Anno
Till he got into war with your Uncle Sam
All on the plains of Mexico


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