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musingsofahistorymajor:

https://twitter.com/northumbriana/status/846454474654781442

There’s this feeling I sometimes get watching humans do the cool things that humans have been doing for thousands of years. It makes my chest expand and my heart thud and I love it. I love this.

Shame on the Mayor for not adding the song facts! You know this song.

This is ‘Bound for South Australia’, and it goes like this:

In South Australia I was born, heave away, haul away
In South Australia, ‘round Cape Horn, we’re bound for South Australia
Haul away your rolling king, heave away, haul away
Haul away, you’ll hear me sing, we’re bound for South Australia

As I walked out one morning fair, heave away, haul away
‘Twas there I met Miss Nancy Blair, we’re bound for South Australia
There’s just one thing that’s on my mind, heave away, haul away
That’s leaving Nancy Blair behind, we’re bound for South Australia

And as we wallop round Cape Horn, heave away, haul away
You’ll wish to God you’ve never been born, we’re bound for South Australia
In South Australia I was born, heave away, haul away
In South Australia, ‘round Cape Horn, we’re bound for South Australia.

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