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Come, lads, and send the capstan round, Oh, Rio! Rio! Our good old barkey's outward bound, Oh, Rio! Rio! So, shipmates, all look sharp and spry, To Poll and Nancy say good-bye, And tell them, if they pipe their eye, We're bound for Rio Grande.
The old man drank his grog and swore, Oh, Rio! Rio! He'd stay no longer slack ashore, Oh, Rio! Rio! "Come, tumble up, my lads," sez he, "An' weigh the anchor speedily, In twenty days the Cross we'll see, We're bound for Rio Grande."