Lyrics:

Fare thee well to Princess landing stage, River Mersey fare thee well
I am bound for California, a place I know right well

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So fare thee well my own true love
When I return united we will be, oh we will be
It2s not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling when I think of thee

I am bound for California by the way of the stormy Cape Horn
And I2ll write to you a letter, love, when I am homeward bound

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Once I sailed upon a Yankee clipper ship and "Davey Crockett" was her name
And her captain2s name was Jesse Coleman and they say she2s a floating shame

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Oh, I sail again with Jesse Coleman, he2s a man I know quite well
And if a man2s a sailor he can get afloat and if not then he2s sure of hell

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