Haul Away The Anchor lyrics

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul away the anchor

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul away the anchor

Born in Ireland scandalously

To a prosperous attorney

He had an affair with the maid, Mary

And I was their bastard child

So he hid me in sight in his employ

And dressed me as a plucky boy

But his wife saw through the shammy ploy

And Pa was the shame of the town

He wanted to

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul away the anchor

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul away the anchor

So we upped and left on a stormy sea

To the new world, new life for me

But me poor Ma died suddenly

A pain I couldn't believe

I was mad, I was out of control

Lashing out with violent blows

I was bad with a storm in my soul

Volatile as the sea

I wanted to

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul away the anchor

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul away the anchor

Pa got rich in the sugar boom

And harried me to marry soon

Some boring, moneyed well-to-do

But I'm not the genteel kind

And that's when I met sailor Jim

No wealth or rank or influence

So Pa cut me inheritance

When I swore to be his wife

Now I never said that I loved him

But little were my options

I longed to sail on the ocean

And Jim was living that life

I wanted to

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul away the anchor

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul, haul, haul away

Haul away the anchor