SOURCE: Sea Breeze 1958
Part of a ditty sung on exiting Sydney 1882
SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore Project - Section 7: MARITIME

Haul the Bowline

Haul on the bowline – the bonny ship's a rolling

Haul on the bowline – the bowline haul!
Haul on the bowline – Kitty is my darling

So early in the morning
Before the day was dawning

We'll either break or bend her
We're men enough to mend her

We'll hang for finer weather
We'll haul away together

We'll tear the chafing leather
Sydney's a very fine town

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