The Leaving Of Liverpool

Farewell to Princes landing stage
MerseyRiver fare thee well
I am bound for California,
but I know that I’ll be back some day

Chorus:
So fare thee well my own true love
when I return united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
but my darling when I think of thee

I've signed on a Yankee clipper ship,
"Davy Crockett" is her name
And Burgess is the captain of her
and they say that she's a floating shame

I have sailed with Burgess once before,
and I think I know him well
If a man's a sailor he will get along,
if not he's in a floating hell

Farewell to Lower Frederick Street,
Anson Terrace and Park Lane
I am bound away for to leave you
and I'll never see you again

I am bound for California
by way of stormy Cape Horn
And I will write to thee a letter, love,
when I am homeward bound