Leaving of Liverpool

Fare well the Princes Landing stage

River Mersey, fare the well.

For I’m bound for California

A place I know right well.

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So fare thee well my own true love

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.

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Yes I’m bound for California

By the way of the stormy Cape Horn

But you know I’ll write you a letter love

My love when I am homeward bound

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I have shipped on a Yankee clipper ship

Davy Crockett is her name

And her Captains name is Burgess

And they say she’s a floating shame

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It’s me second trip with Burgess in the Crockett

And I reckon I know him well

If a man is a sailor he’ll be all right

But if he’s not why he’s sure in hell

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Oh the tug is waiting at Pier Head

To take us down the stream

Our sails are loose and our anchor stowed

So fare the well again.

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