Fare well, my love. May your course be true and the winds strong.
Anchors A'weigh:
Verse 1
Stand, Navy, out to sea, Fight our battle cry;We'll never change our course, So vicious foe steer shy-y-y-y.Roll out the TNT , Anchors Aweigh. Sail on to victoryAnd sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray! Verse 2 (most widely sung)
Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh.Farewell to foreign shores, We sail at break of day, of day.Through our last night on shore, Drink to the foam,Until we meet once more. Here's wishing you a happy voyage home! The bridge is kept, and that the references to college are completely dropped.
And...
The Sailor's Farewell
Twas on a dark and stormy night, the snow lay on the ground
A sailor boy stood on the deck, his ship was outward bound
His sweetheart standing by his side, shed many a bitter tear
And as he clasped her to his breast, he whispered in her ear.
Farewell, farewell my own true love, this parting gives me pain
You'll be my hope, my guide, my star, till I return again
My thoughts shall be of you my love, though storms be raging high
So fare thee well, remember me, your faithful sailor boy.
So with a gale, this ship set sail, he kissed his love goodbye,
She watched the vessel out of sight till a tear bedimmed her eye
She prayed to God in heaven above, to guide him on his way
But still her lover's parting words, re-echoed o'er the bay.
Farewell, farewell my own true love, this parting gives me pain
You'll be my hope, my guide, my star, till I return again
My thoughts shall be of you my love, though storms be raging high
So fare thee well, remember me, your faithful sailor boy.
But sad to say that silip returned without her sailor boy
For he had died while outward bound and his flag was half-mast high
And when his comrades came ashore and told her he was dead
A letter he had sent to her and this is how it read.
Farewell, farewell my own true love, on earth we'll meet no more
But we shall meet in Heaven above on that eternal shore
I know that in that land so bright, that land above the sky
We'll meet, we'll meet to part no more from your faithful sailor boy.
From the Grieg-Duncan Collection of Folk Songs
Collected from James. M. Taylor
and....
Sailor's Farewell Hymn
Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com
It's our time to go now
Haul away your anchor
haul your anchor
It's our sailing time
Get some sail upon her
Haul away your halyards
Haul away your hanyards
It's our sailing time
Get her on her course now
Haul away your fore sheet
haul away your fore sheet
It's our sailing time
Waves are rolling under
Haul away down channel
haul away down channel
On the evening tide
When my days are over
Haul away for heaven
haul away for heaven
God be by my side
It's our time to go now
Haul away your anchor
haul away your anchor
It's our sailing time
Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com
::::wonders off to remember the hundred other times he sailed away::::
L.T.