| Oh, don’t you just hear the old man say?
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| Oh, don’t you hear the old man say?
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| We’re Homeward bound to Liverpool Town
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| Where all them judies, they will come down
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| And when we gets to the Wallasey Gates
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| Oh, Sally and Polly for their flash men do wait
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| And one to the other you’ll hear them say
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| Oh, here he comes Johnny with his fourteen months pay!
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| We meet these fly girls and we’ll ring the old bell
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| And with them judies, we’ll raise merry hell
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| We’re homeward bound to the gals of the town
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| And stamp up me bullies and heave it around
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| And when we gets home, boys, oh, won’t we fly 'round
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| We’ll heave up the anchor to this bully sound
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| We’re all homeward bound for the old backyard
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| Then heave, me bullies, we’re all bound homeward
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| Oh, heave with a will, boys, oh, heave long and strong
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| And sing a good chorus for 'tis a good song
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound!
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| We’re homeward bound, we’ll have you to know
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| Goodbye, fare-ye-well! |
| Goodbye, fare-ye-well!
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| And over the water to England must go!
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| Hurrah me boys! |
| We’re homeward bound! |