Young Folk - Leaving of Liverpool (Live Version)

Farewell The prince's Landing stage
River Mersey fair the well
I am bound for California
A place I know right well

So fare you well my own true love
And when I return, united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling, it's when I think of thee

I'm off to California
By way of the stormy Cape Horn
And I will send you a letter love
Before I am homeward bound

So fare you well my own true love
And when I return, united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling, it's when I think of thee

I've shipped on a Yankee clipper ship
Davy Crockett is her name
And Burgess is the captain of her
And they say that she's is a floating hell

So fare you well my own true love
And when I return, united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling, it's when I think of thee

I'm bound away to leave you
Goodbye, my love, goodbye
There ain't but one thing that grieves me
That's leaving of you behind

So fare you well my own true love
And when I return, united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling, it's when I think of thee

Oh the sun is on the harbor, love
And I wish I could remain
For I know it will be some long time
Before I see you again

So fare you well my own true love
And when I return, united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling, it's when I think of thee

So fare you well my own true love
And when I return, united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling, it's when I think of thee

Written by:
Andrew Frechette, Thomas Frechette

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