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Rolling Down To Old Maui
The Sheringham Shantymen
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'Tis a rough tough life of toil and strife
We whalemen undergo
And we don't give a damn when the gale is done
How well the wind do blow
We're homeward bound, 'tis a damn fine sound
With a good ship, taut and free
And we don't give a damn when we drink our rum
With the girls of Old Maui
Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys
Rolling down to Old Maui
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui
Once more we sail with a norly gale
Through the ice and sleet and rain
And them coconut fronds in them tropic lands
Oh, we soon shall see them again
Six hellish months have passed away
In the cold Kamchatka sea
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui
Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys
Rolling down to Old Maui
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui
And now we sail with a favourable gale
Toward our island home
Our mainyard's sprung, all whaling done
And we ain't got far to roam
The stun'sail booms are carried away
What care we for that sound?
The living gale is after us
Thank God we're homeward bound
Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys
Rolling down to Old Maui
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui
And now we're anchored in the bay
With the Kanakas all around
With chants and soft aloha-eh
They greet us homeward bound
And now ashore we'll have good fun
We'll paint those beaches red
Awaking in the arms of a vahine
With a big fat aching head
Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys
Rolling down to Old Maui
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui
Rolling down to Old Maui, me boys
Rolling down to Old Maui
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to Old Maui