Victoria Nautical Song Circle's
November 2004 Song Of The Month


LET THE BULGINE RUN

Capstan or Pump Shanty
Repeat First Verse
Oh! The smartest clipper you can find,
Ah hey! Ah ho! Are you most done?
Is the Margaret Evans of the Blue Cross Line!
Oh! Clear away the track an' let the Bulgine run!
Chorus:
T'me hey, rig-a-jig, and a lowback car,
Ah hey! Ah ho! Are you most done?
With Eliza Lee all on my knee,
So! Clear away the track an' let the Bulgine run!
 
Oh! The Margaret Evans of the Blue Cross Line,
Ah hey! Ah ho! Are you most done?
She's never a day behind her time!
Oh! Clear away the track an' let the Bulgine run!
 
Chorus
 
We've stowed our freight at the West Street Pier,
Ah hey! Ah ho! Are you most done?
We're homeward bound to our Liverpool beer.
Oh! Clear away the track an' let the Bulgine run!
 
Chorus
 
In Liverpool town them gals hang 'round,
Ah hey! Ah ho! Are you most done?
There my Eliza will be found.
Oh! Clear away the track an' let the Bulgine run!
 
Chorus
 
When I come home across the sea,
Ah hey! Ah ho! Are you most done?
Eliza, will you marry me?
Oh! Clear away the track an' let the Bulgine run!
 
Chorus

Taken from St. Elmo's Choir's tape "Syrens".


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