Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies
Farewell and adieu to ladies of Spain;
For we have received orders
To sail to old England,
We hope in a short time to see you again. 
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We'll rant and we'll roar, like [bad word] British sailors,
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt seas
Until we strike soundings
In the Channel of old England,
From Ushant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues

We hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'west, boys, 
We hove our ship to, deep soundings to take
'Twas 45 fathoms with a white sandy bottom
So we squared our main yard
And up channel did make
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Now let every man drink off his full bumper,
Let every man drink off his full glass
We'll drink and be jolly
And drown melancholy,
And here's to the health of each [bad word] hearted lass
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The first land we sighted was callèd the Dodman
Next Rame Head off Plymouth, Start, Portland, and Wight
We sailed by Beachy
By Fairlight and Dover
Then bore straight away for the South Foreland light
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Then the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor 
All in the Downs that night for to lie
Let go your shank painter, 
Let go your cat
Haul up your clewgarnets, let tack and sheets fly
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Now let every man drink off his full bumper,
Let every man drink off his full glass
We'll drink and be jolly
And drown melancholy,
And here's to the health of each [bad word] hearted lass
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