{"id":6958,"date":"1997-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1997-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-01-23T17:09:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T21:09:47","slug":"south-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6958","title":{"rendered":"South Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entrytext\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/australia.jpg\" alt=\"australia.jpg\" height=\"171\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/S_Aus.mp3\">South Australia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">South Australia is a capstan shanty used by the wool traders who worked the clipper ships between Australian ports and London.<\/p>\n<p>This is well known as a farewell song, sung at the docks as the big<br \/>\nships were leaving. The men grew a sentimental attachment to the song<br \/>\nand were even known to request a rousing chorus on their death beds, so<br \/>\nthat they could die happy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n[D] In South Australia [G] I was [D] born<br \/>\n[G] Heave [D] away! [G] Haul [D] away!<br \/>\n[D] South Australia [A] round Cape [D] Horn<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re bound for [A] South [D] Australia<\/p>\n<p>[G] Haul away you [D] rolling king<br \/>\n[G] Heave [D] away! [G] Haul [D] away!<br \/>\n[G] All the way you&#8217;ll [D] hear me sing<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re bound for [A] South [D] Australia<\/p>\n<p>As I wlaked out one morning fair<br \/>\nHeave away! Haul away!<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s there I met Miss Nancy Blair<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re bound for South Australia<\/p>\n<p>There ain&#8217;t but one thing grieves my mind<br \/>\nHeave away! Haul away!<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s to leave Miss Nancy Blair behind<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re bound for South Australia<\/p>\n<p>I run her all night I run her all day<br \/>\nHeave away! Haul away!<br \/>\nRun her before we sailed away<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re bound for South Australia<\/p>\n<p>I shook her up I shook her down<br \/>\nHeave away! Haul away!<br \/>\nI shook her round and round and round<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re bound for South Australia<\/p>\n<p>And as you wollop round Cape Horn<br \/>\nHeave away! Haul away!<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll wish that you had never been born<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re bound for South Australia<\/p>\n<p>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bd 1998 McGuinn Music Roger McGuinn\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: South Australia 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6958\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;South Australia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seafaring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8426,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6958\/revisions\/8426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}