Songs of the Sea

[82Rigger]

A man would be a fool... to spend all his money
and have to go to sea once more.
But when those brown skinned girls start callin' you "honey",
you'll be a sailin' from that shore!

Oooh, Oooh, Sail Away!
Oooh, Oooh, Sail Away!

When we hit Trinidad, was there I met Marni
Don't you know we started drinkin' rum.
But now I feel so bad, She took all my money
and now I sail with the mornin' sun.

Oooh, Oooh, Sail Away!
Oooh, Oooh, Sail Away!

So all ye sailor lads who want to go sportin',
mark ye well what I do say.
Don't trust those brown skinned girls, They'll be your misfortune
You'll be at sea till your dyin' day!

Oooh, Oooh, Sail Away!
Oooh, Oooh, Sail Away!

[82Rigger]

We're running down a stormy sea
and rolling through the thunder!
'Way haul, away. Well haul away, Joe.
It's ev'ry man aloft my boys or we'll be driven under!
'Way haul, away. Well, haul away, Joe!


'Way haul away. We're bound for better weather.
'Way haul away.
Well, haul away, Joe.

For seven days and seven nights we've labored to exhaustion.
'Way haul away. Well, haul away, Joe.
But now the breeze is from the East.
We'll come about for Boston.
'Way haul away. Well, haul away, Joe.

'Way haul away. We're bound for better weather.
'Way haul away.
Well, haul away, Joe.

The ragged heavens open up. We sound the jubilation.
'Way haul away. Well, haul away, Joe.
The setting sun's a beacon, boys, a sign of our salvation.
'Way haul away. Well, haul away, Joe.

East wind bring us home!

[Robert Ryan]

Aloha Wahinne.