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Diddychwy live at BartonVale Gardens Retirement Village sings, 'Bound for South Australia'
Tony Gill (Senior): Lead and harmony vocals / Whistle and Flute. Dominic Gill: Lead and harmony vocals and Guitar. Ingrid Hapkey: Harmony vocals and Fiddle. Cliff Milne: Lead and harmony vocals and Electric Bass. Sound engineer. Special thanks to Ray Thomas for recording this show.
Click to play (Intro and song 5 min 36 sec. Mp3 file, 2.46 MB)
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Diddycwhy plays Bound for South Australia
A history Bound for South Australia
Words of Bound for South Australia
Written music of Bound for South Australia
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Diddycwhy plays Bound for South Australia
Cliff, (the bass player) sings this song. Cliff Milne is also in a band that plays a lot of Shanty's (wiki definition of shanty,) so he's right at home here.
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A history Bound for South Australia
Here's what wiki has to say about the song, Bound for South Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia_(song)
South Australia (Roud # 325) is a sea shanty used by the wool traders who worked
the clipper ships between Australian ports and London. It is now a very famous
folk song that is recorded by many artists and is present in many of today's
song books.
This is well known as a farewell song, sung at the docks as the big ships were
leaving. The men grew a sentimental attachment to the song and were even known
to request a rousing chorus on their death beds, so they could die happy.
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Folk den
http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=6958
South Australia is a capstan shanty used by the wool traders who worked the clipper ships between Australian ports and London. This is well known as a farewell song, sung at the docks as the big ships were leaving. The men grew a sentimental attachment to the song and were even known to request a rousing chorus on their death beds, so that they could die happy.
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Words of Bound for South Australia
Here's the bands version. (Full word version below /chords and music.)
Bound for South Australia.
Verse 1
South Australia’s my native home.
Heave away, haul away.
From South Australia I’ll never roam.
We’re bound for South Australia.
Chorus.
Heave away you ruler king, Heave away, haul away.
Heave away and hear me sing, bound for South Australia.
Verse 2
Ain’t but one thing grieves my mind.
Heave away, haul away.
To leave my wife and child behind.
We’re bound for South Australia.( Chorus )
Verse 3
Now I’m bound for a foreign strand.
Heave away, haul away.
With a bottle of whisky in my hand.
We’re bound for South Australia. ( Chorus )
Verse 4
I’ll drink a glass to the foreign shore.
Heave away, haul away.
One to the girl that I adore.
We’re bound for South Australia. ( Chorus )
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The official version of 'Bound for South Australia'
Bound for South Australia.
Lyrics
In South Australia I was dead
Heave away. Haul away!
South Australia round Cape Horn
And we're bound for South Australia
Haul away you rolling king
Heave away! Haul away!
All the way you'll hear me sing
And we're bound for South Australia
As I walked out one morning fair
Heave away! Haul away!
It's there I met Miss Nancy Blair
And we're bound for South Australia
There ain't but one thing that grieves my mind
Heave away! Haul away!
It's to leave Miss Nancy Blair behind
And we're bound for South Australia
I run her all night I run her all day
Heave away! Haul away!
Run her before we sailed away
And we're bound for South Australia
I shook her up I shook her down
Heave away! Haul away!
I shook her round and round and round
And we're bound for South Australia
And as you wollop round Cape Horn
Heave away! Haul away!
You'll wish that you had never been born
And we're bound for South Australia
I wish I was on Australia's strand
Heave away! Haul away!
With a bottle of whiskey in my hand
And we're bound for South Australia
In South Australia my native land
Heave away! Haul away!
Full of rocks, and fleas, and thieves, and sand
And we're bound for South Australia
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Chords in D
[D] In South
Australia [G] I was [D] born
[G] Heave [D] away! [G] Haul [D] away!
[D] South Australia [A] round Cape [D] Horn
And we're bound for [A] South [D] Australia
[G] Haul
away you [D] rolling king
[G] Heave [D] away! [G] Haul [D] away!
[G] All the way you'll [D] hear me sing
And we're bound for [A] South [D] Australia
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Written music of Bound for South Australia
http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folksw/009614.HTM
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