Spanish ladies

1.

AmCEm

Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies,

AmCG

Farewell and adieu to you ladies of Spain;

AmGCE7

For we've received orders for to sail for ol' England,

FGEmAm

we hope in a short time to see you again.

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AmCEm

We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors,

AmCG

We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt sea.

CGCE7

Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England;

FGEmAm

From Ushant to Scilly is thirty-five leagues.

2.

AmCEm

We hove our ship to with the wind from the sou' west boys,

AmCG

We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear;

AmGCE7

It's forty-five fathoms, with a white sandy bottom,

FGEmAm

we squared off our main yard and up channel did steer.

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3.

AmCEm

The first land we sighted it is called the Dodman,

AmCG

Next Ram's Head off Plymouth, Start, Portland then Wight;

AmGCE7

We sailed on by Beachy, by Fairley and Dungeness,

FGEmAm

And we hove our ship to off the South Foreland light.

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4.

Then the signal was given for the Grand Fleet to anchor,

And all in the Downs that night for to lie;

Let go your shank painter, likewise your cat stopper!

Haul up your clewgarnets, let tacks and sheets fly!

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5.

Now let every man drink off his full bumper,

And let every man toss off his full glass;

We'll drink and be jolly and drown melancholy,

And here's to the help of each true-hearted lass.

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