Leaving of Liverpool

Fare you well the Prince’s Landing Stage
River Mersey fare you well
I’m off to California
A place  I know right well 

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So fare ye well my own true love,
When l return united we shall be
It’s not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling when I think of ye.

I’m off to California 
By the way of the stormy Horn 
And I will send to you a Letter love 
When I am homeward bound

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I’ve shipped on a Yankee clipper ship 
Davey Crockett is her name 
And Burgess is the captain of her 
And they say that she’s a floating hell.

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The tug is waiting at the pierhead 
To take us down the stream 
Our sails are loose our anchorcure 
So bid you good-bye once more. 

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I’m bound away to leave you 
Good-bye my love good-bye 
There ain’t  but one thing that grieves me
That’s leaving you behind 

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