H.M.S. Rose off Ferryland, August 1995. Printed from shanty.rendance.org Site contents © 1993-2009 Andrew Draskóy excepting product images and lyrics.
Good Bye, Fare Thee Well - as sung by the crew of Zawisza Czarny

We're going away to leave you now
Good bye, fare thee well
Good bye, fare thee well
We're going away to leave you now
Hoorah, me boys, we're homeward bound

Ah, give me the girl with the bonny brown hair
Your hair of brown is the talk of the town

So fare you we're homeward bound
Homeward bound to Liverpool town

So fill up your glasses for those who were kind
And drink to the girls we leaving behind

We're homeward bound I hear them say
We're homeward bound with eleven months pay

Our anchor we'll weigh, our sails we will set
The friends we are leaving we'll never forget

This song appears on the following CDs: Click on them to find on-line samples.

Blow the Man Down -- various artists. My favourite, and one of the best shanty CDs ever! A great collection of the many of the most popular shanties and sea songs, sung by those who are best at it. Performers include Ewan MacColl, Cyril Tawney, Louis Killen, Ian Campbell, and the Watersons.


Shanties and Songs of the Sea by Johnny Collins. No trade-offs between authentic sound and musical and production quality on this one. You get the best of everything!


Sea Shanties Volume I. Various artists.