Tradycyjne - O, Rio!

O say, were you ever in Rio Grande?
O Rio!
It's there that the river runs down golden strand;

And we're bound for the Rio Grande.
Then away love, away,
Way down Rio,
O fare you well my pretty young girl,
For we're bound for the Rio Grande.

The anchor is weighed and the sails they are set,
O Rio!
The maids we are leaving we'll never forget,
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

So it's pack up your donkey and get under way,
O Rio!
The girls we are leaving can take our half pay.
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

We've a jolly good ship and a jolly good crew,
O Rio!
A jolly good mate and a good skipper, too.
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

Say goodbye to Polly and goodbye to Sue,
O Rio!
And you who are listening, it's goodbye to you,
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

Goodbye and farewell to you ladies of town,
O Rio!
We've left you enough for to buy a silk gown,
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

Now fill up your glasses and sing fare you well,
O Rio!
To all the young lasses who love you so well,
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

Now you Bowery ladies we'd have you to know
O Rio!
We're bound to the south'ard, O Lord, let us go!
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

Heave with a will and heave long and strong,
O Rio!
Sing the good chorus, for 'tis a good song.
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

Heave only one pawl, then 'vast heavin', belay!
O Rio!
Heave steady, because we say farewell today.
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

We'll sell our salt cod for molasses and rum
O Rio!
And get home again 'fore Thanksgiving has come
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

The chain's up and down, now the bosun did say,
O Rio!
Heave up to the hawsepipe, the anchor's aweigh.
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…

Our good ship's a-going out over the bar
O Rio!
And we'll point her nose for the South-er-on Star
And we're bound for the Rio Grande…