Rio Grande
Rio grande
Our ship is a-sailing out over the bar,
Away for Rio!
We're pointing her bow to the southern star.
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
Then away, boys, away,
Away for Rio,
So fare thee well, my bonny young girl,
We're bound for the Rio Grande.
Say was you never down Rio Grande?
Away for Rio!
It's there that the river flows down golden sand!
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
It's pack up your donkeys an' get underway,
Away for Rio!
Them judies we're leaving will draw half our pay.
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
We've a bully good ship & a bully good crew,
Away for Rio!
A bully good mate and a good skipper too.
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
Cheer up, Mary Ellen, and don't look so glum,
Away for Rio!
On white-stocking day you'll be drinking hot rum
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
So lift up your glasses and sing fare thee well
Away for Rio!
There's a bonny young lass there to love you so well
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!