Oh, the anchor is weighed, and the sails they are set. Chorus: ???Way, you Rio! The girls that we're leaving we'll never forget, Chorus: For we're bound to the Rio Grande, And away, you Rio! ???Way, you Rio! The girls that we're leaving we'll never forget, Chorus: For we're bound to the Rio Grande! So goodbye to the ladies we know in this town: We've left you enough to buy a silk gown. We've a ship that is stout and a jolly good crew: A brass-knuckled mate and a rough skipper, too. We'll sell all our salt cod, molasses and rum And get home again ???fore Thanksgiving has come. Sing goodbye to Elsie and goodbye to Sue; And you who are listening, goodbye to you. Our good ship's a-goin' out over the bar: We'll point her nose for the southern star.
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