farewell and adieu to you fair spanish ladies farewell and adieu to you ladies of spain cause weve received orders to sail for old england but we hope in a short time to see you again well rant and well roar like true british sailors well rant and well rave across the salt seas until we strike soundings in the channel of england from ushant to scilly is thirty four leagues we hove our ship to with the wind at southwest boys we hove our ship to for to take soundings clear in fifty five fathoms with a fine sandy bottom we filled our main topsl up channel did steer well rant and well roar like true british sailors well rant and well rave across the salt seas until we strike soundings in the channel of england from ushant to scilly is thirty four leagues the first land we made was a point called the deadman next ram s head off plymouth start portland and wight we sailed then by beachy by fairlee and dover then bore straight away for the south foreland light well rant and well roar like true british sailors well rant and well rave across the salt seas until we strike soundings in the channel of england from ushant to scilly is thirty four leagues now the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor we glued up our topsls stuck out tacks and sheets we stood by our stoppers we brailed in our spankers then anchored ahead of the noblest of fleets well rant and well roar like true british sailors well rant and well rave across the salt seas until we strike soundings in the channel of england from ushant to scilly is thirty four leagues let every man here drink up his full bumper let every man here drink up his full bowl and let us be jolly and drown melancholy singing heres a good health to each true hearted lass well rant and well roar like true british sailors well rant and well rave across the salt seas until we strike soundings in the channel of england from ushant to scilly is thirty four leagues