| The anchor is weighed and sails they are set. |
| Away, Rio!
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| The girls back home we’ll never forget for we’re bound for the Rio Grande
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| And away, Rio! |
| High away, Rio! |
| The girls back home we’ll never forget for we’re
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| bound for the Rio Grande
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| Two more days, Johnny, two more days. |
| Only two more days, Johnny, two more days
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| The mainsail is up and the spinnaker’s out. |
| Away, Rio!
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| We’ll head for Cape Horn and then pull her about for we’re bound for the Rio
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| Grande
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| And away, Rio! |
| High away, Rio! |
| We’ll head for Cape Horn and then pull her about
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| for we’re bound for the Rio Grande
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| One more day, Johnny, one more day. |
| Only one more day, Johnny, one more day
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| When we get to Rio we’ll drop all our pay. |
| Away, Rio!
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| And young Michael Christian is countin' the days for we’re bound for the Rio
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| Grande
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| And away, Rio! |
| High away, Rio! |
| And young Michael Christian is countin' the days
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| for we’re found for the Rio Grande
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| There she lies, Johnny, there she lies. |
| There she lies, Johnny, there she lies |