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HOMEWARD BOUND Lead: Peter

A halyard shanty from Stan Hugill's Shanties From The Seven Seas.

LYRICS:

Oh, a bulgine once was a-heavin'
Chorus: Run, let the bulgine run
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!
Chorus: Run, let the bulgine run

Oh, she's lovely up aloft and she's lovely down below
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

She's a dandy clipper an' a sticker too
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

With a dandy skipper an' a bully crew
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we'll rock an' we'll roll her over
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we sailed all day to Mobile Bay
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we sailed all night across the Bight
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we'll run from Callyo to Dover
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we'll run down south to old Cape Horn
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we'll run all day to 'Frisco Bay
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we'll run her snorty to the Roarin' Forties
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we'll run her far to old Mersey Bay
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

Oh, we'll run across the map to old Saccarapp'
Oh, high ya, oh, aye yah!

NOTES:

A halyard shanty found in Stan Hugill's Shanties from the Seven Seas, a different song than the popularly known capstan shanty "Clear The Track, Let The Bulgine Run." "Bulgine" was a 19th century African American slang term for a railroad engine.