| 1 | Am
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-------------------------- I have to leave on the morning tide - They’re gathering all the men Am -------------------------------- G ------------------- I have to leave on the morning tide - we’re off to sea again Am --------------------------- G ------------------- But I’ll be back before the Winter - Wait for me until then |
2 | Am
------------------------- G ---------------------- That was the way we parted - as I left my love to roam Am ------------------------- G -------------------------- That was the way we parted - as I left my hearth and home Am -------------------- G -------------------- Off to seek my fortune - but I left my love alone |
| 3 | As the fleet was tossed by
the storms in the bay - I thought our ship would sink As the fleet was tossed by the storms in the bay - and life was on the brink I pictured my love at the fireside - as the last thing I would think |
4 | But at last we came to the
Southern Seas with people and plants anew At last we came to the Southern Seas with so many things to do We drank and we danced the days away and I never thought of you |
| 5 | The sun the sea and the sand - impinging
on my mind The sun the sea and the sand - of what a land to find The fun and the food and the loving - making me unkind |
6 | Captain Blighs a scoundrel - never caring
when he should Captain Blighs a scoundrel - never helping when he could I’m done with whips and weevils - I’m staying here for good |
| 7 | We supposed to leave on
the morning tide - there’re gathering all the men We supposed to leave on the morning tide - off to sea again But I’ll be damned if I’ll take his orders - or sail with him or them |
8 | Officers in a lifeboat - Captain Bligh to
blame Officers in a life boat - Their faces filled with pain Set them adrift on the ocean - they’ll never be seen again |
| 9 | Cast adrift no water - lost nowhere to go Cast adrift no water - no sails for squalls to blow But land in sight to windward - row boys row |
10 | The sun the sea and the sand - impinging
on my mind The sun the sea and the sand - of what a land to find The fun and the food and the loving - making me unkind |
| 11 | Officers from the lifeboat - saved from
the sea Heading home to England and his Royal Majesty Manning, Stocking speedy clippers - and heading here for me. |
12 | Emerald water island - Abundant easy free Emerald water island - a paradise for me Glorious living Eden - that’s my Tahiti |
| 13 | Tall ships on the horizon - Panic on the
shore Tall ships on the horizon - from England to settle the score Run inland to hiding or we’ll see this land no more |
14 | Some flee in the Bounty, some stay here for more Wives dive from the Bounty to swim back in to shore They'll never hide a tall ship, they'll suffer like before |
| 15 | The Bounty lands on Pitcain lost in the yawning sea There they burn the Bounty gone where no ship can see. Some mutineers and lovers, alone for all eternity, |
16 | They’re landing, spreading, looking to take me They’re landing, spreading ,searching - flee boys flee If they carry us back to justice we’ll hang boys you see. |
| 17 | Trapped, caught and chained - in darkness
below the line Trapped, caught and chained - we knew it was our time Cursing the fates that brought us here for turning us to crime |
18 | Sailing to Portsmouth harbor - having
crossed the yawning sea Sailing to Portsmouth harbor - the last place to be Seeing my love on the shoreline with a questioning gaze for me.. |