Avast ye swarthy sea dogs! step aboard "Endeavour" for a voyage of discovery and danger on the high seas!

The harp solo has now been redubbed and is on the MP3 songlist (-:

VOCALS, GUITARS, BASS, DRUMS, DIDGE, HARP - SLOWPAW STEVE T.

CHORUS - WE'RE SAILING AWAY FOR THREE YEARS AND A DAY
WITH NO-ONE TO CHASE YOU OR JAIL YA.
NOBODY KNOWS, WHEREVER WE GOES,
BUT THE MAN WHO WAS BORN A SAILOR.

IN THE WIND AND THE RAIN DOWN FROM MARTON HE CAME,
YEARNING TO SAIL ON THE SEA.
ON A WHITBY COAL SHIP HE SERVED HIS TIME,
THEN JOINED THE ROYAL NAVY.

THE AMERICAN WAR CALLED, HIS DUTY UNSTALLED,
HE STUDIED THE STARS AND THE SEA.
HE MADE MANY MAPS AND SOON CALLED BY THE CHAPS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

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THE TRANSIT OF VENUS THERE LAY HIS FIRST TASK,
"ENDEAVOUR" WAS LOADED AND READY.
WITH BANKS AND BLOCKS AND HARRISON'S CLOCKS,
THE COURSE WE MADE WAS STEADY.

WITH PORTABLE SOUP WE DANCED ON THE POOP,
INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
TAHITI THERE LAY AND THEN ANCHORS AWEIGH !
THE SHIP SHE LAY IN MOTION.


THE NATIVES WERE FRIENDLY IN THIS PARADISE,
THE SAILORS THEY LOVED ALL THE WOMEN.
FOR THE PRICE OF A NAIL THEY'LL GIVE YOU THEIR TAIL,
UNTIL TO NEW ZEALAND WE'RE HEADING.

CHORUS

FROM POVERTY BAY THE OLD SHIP FOUND ITS WAY,
FROM ANAURA BAY TO AUCKLAND.
THEN CAME TO GRIEF OFF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF,
BUT KEPT GOING WITH THE HELP OF ALL HANDS.

THE SHIP WAS CAREENED ON A VERY STRANGE SHORE,
LAND THEY WOULD CALL AUSTRALIA.
THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS THEY KEPT WELL AWAY,
ONLY KANGAROOS WANTED TO KNOW YA !

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WITH MANY MORE SHIPS AND WITH MANY MORE TRIPS,
THE CAPTAIN WAS SOON A GREAT HERO.
BUT ONE ISLAND HE VISITED BECAME HIS UNDOING,
THE LAST PART OF THE STORY I'LL TELL YA...

THEN CAME THE DAY THE LORD TOOK HIM AWAY,
A STORM TURNED US BACK TO HAWAII.
THEY CAVED IN HIS HEAD, WE LEFT HIM FOR DEAD,
HIS CREW WERE ALL WEEPING AND CRYING....

WE SAILED AWAY ON THAT SAD FATEFUL DAY,
NO CAPTAIN ABOARD TO GUIDE US.
HIS MEMORY WILL ALWAYS BURN IN OUR HEARTS,
HE'D ALWAYS BE THERE TO INSPIRE US !

CHORUS


All words and music Copyright Steve Trowbridge February 2014. From forthcoming album "Folk of Oak".