Spanish Ladies - British naval song

"Spanish Ladies", performed by Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess, from the album "Roast Beef of Old England". The painting is by British marine painter Geoff Hunt.

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Spanish Ladies is a traditional British naval song, describing a voyage from Spain to the Downs from the viewpoint of ratings of the Royal Navy.

Farewell and adieu to you, Spanish ladies,
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies of Spain;
For we have received orders
To sail for old England,
We hope in a short time to see you again.

(Chorus:)
We'll rant and we'll roar, like true British sailors,
We'll rant and we'll roar all on the salt seas;
Until we strike soundings
In the Channel of old England,
From Ushant to Scilly 'tis thirty-five leagues.

We hove our ship to, with the wind from sou'west, boys,
We hove our ship to, for to strike soundings clear;
It's forty-five fathoms,
With a white sandy bottom,
We squared our main yard and up channel did steer.

Now, the first land we sighted, it is called the Dodman,
Next Ramshead off Plymouth, Start, Portland, and Wight;
We sailed on by Beachy,
By Fairly and Dungeness,
And we hove our ship to off the South Foreland Light.

Then the signal was given for the grand fleet to anchor,
And all in the Downs that night for to lie;
Let go your shank painter,
Likewise, your cat stopper,
Haul up your clewgarnets, let tacks and sheets fly.

Now let ev'ry man drink off his full bumper,
And let ev'ry man toss off his full glass;
We'll sing and be jolly,
And drown melancholy,
And here's to health of each true-hearted lass.

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