Homeward Bound

Intro Verse They will take us from the moorings They will tow us down the Bay They will pluck us up to windward when we sail We will hear the keen wind whistle We will feel the sting of spray When we've seen the deep-sea pilot o'er the rail Verse Then it's Johnnie heave and start her Then it's Johnnie roll and go When the mates have picked the watches There is little rest for Jack We will sing the good old Chorus That the Homeward Bounders know For the girls have got the towrope And they're hauling in the slack Verse Through the dusty streets and dismal Through the noises of the town You can hear the West wind humming through the shrouds And we'll see the lightning leaping As the tropic suns go down And the dapple of the shadows on the clouds Verse And the salt blood dances in us To the tune of Homeward Bound To the call to weary watches To the sheet and to the tack When they bid us man the capstan All hands will walk her round For the girls have got the tow-rope And they're hauling in the slack Verse Through the sunshine of the tropics Round the bleak and dreary Horn Half across the sleepy planet lies our way And we'll leave the land behind us Like a welcome long outworn When we see the reeling mastheads swing and sway Verse Through the weather fair and stormy Through the calm and in the gale We will heave and haul to help her We will keep her on her track And we'll sing the good old chanties As all hands are making sail For the girls have got the tow-rope And they're hauling in the slack Outro Heave away (haul away) Haul away (haul away) Heave away (heave away) Haul away (haul away)