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Haul Away Joe
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
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When I was a little boy, so my mother told me
Timmy!
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
That if I did not kiss the girls, my lips would all grow mouldy
Timmy!
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
Now way, haul away, the good ship now is rolling
Timmy!
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
Now first I met a Yankee girl, and she was fat and lazy
Timmy!
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
And then I met an Irish girl, she damn near drove me crazy
Timmy!
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
King Louis was the King of France before the Revolution
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
And then he got his head cut off, it spoiled his Constitution
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
Now way, haul away, we're bound for better weather
Timmy!
Way, haul away, we'll haul away, Joe!
Out! Out!
Sure didn't once wrote that Ireland was the land of happy wars and sad
Love songs. Hit 'em again, boy! That's one of the happy wars starting