Farewell And Adieu
(aka "Spanish Ladies"
or "We'll Rant And We'll Roar (Like True Newfoundlanders)")
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Lesley Nelson-Burns
Farewell and adieu to you fine Spanish ladies
Farewell and adieu all you ladies of Spain
For we've received orders to sail for old England
And perhaps we shall never more see you again
Chorus:
We'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We'll range and we'll roam over all the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the Channel of old England
From Ushant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues
Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'-west, my boys
Then we hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear
Then we filled the main topsail and bore right away, my boys
And straight up the Channel of old England did steer
Chorus
So the first land we made it is called the Deadman
Next Ram Head off Plymouth, Start, Portland and the Wight
We sailed hy Beachy, by Fairly and Dungeness
And then bore away for the South Foreland light
Chorus
Now the signal it was made for the Grand Fleet to anchor
All on the Downs that night for to meet
Then stand by your stoppers, see clear your shank-painters
Haul all your clew garnets, stick out tacks and sheets
Chorus
Now let every man drink up his full bottle
Let every man drink up his full bowl
For we will be jolly and drown melancholy
With a health to each jovial and true-hearted soul
Chorus
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