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Verse 1
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Our gallant ship the Amphitrite,
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she lay in Plymouth Sound
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Blue Peter at the fore- mast head
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for she was outward bound
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We were waiting there for order
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s to send us far from home
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Our orders came for Ri o,
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and thence around Cape Horn
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When we arrived at Rio we pre
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pared for heavy gales
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We set up all our rigging, boys,
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and bent on all new sails
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From ship to ship they cheered
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us as we did sail along
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And wished us pleasant weather
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in the rounding of Cape Horn
Verse 3
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it blew exceeding hard
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two gallant tars fell from the tops'l yard
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By angry seas the ropes we threw from
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their poor hands was torn
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We were forced to leave them for the sharks that prowl around
Interlude 1
Cape Horn
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When we got
Verse 4
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round the Horn, my boys,
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we had some glorious days
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And very soon our killick
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dropped into Valparaiso Bay
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The pretty girls came round in flocks,
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I solemnly declare
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They're far before the Plymouth girls
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with their long and their curly hair
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For they love a jolly
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sailor when
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he spends his money free
They'll laugh and sing and merry merry
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be and have a jovial spree
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And when your money is all gone,
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they won't on you impose
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They're not like the Plymouth girls
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that'll pawn and sell your clothes
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Farewell to Val paraiso,
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and farewell for a while
Likewise to all your Spanish girls
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along the coast of Chile
And if ever I live to be paid off,
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I'll sit and'll sing this song
God bless those pretty Spanish
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girls we left around Cape Horn
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