I'll sing you a song, good song of the sea Away Rio! I'll sing it to you If you sing it with me And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's Away Rio! Away Rio! Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and We're bound for the Rio Grande The chain's up and down the bosun did say Away Rio! Heave up to the hawspipe, the anchor's away And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's Away Rio! Away Rio! Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and We're bound for the Rio Grande The Anchor is weighed and the sails they are set Away Rio! The girls that we're leaving we'll never forget And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's Away Rio! Away Rio! Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and We're bound for the Rio Grande Oh fare the well all ye ladies of town Away Rio! We've left you enough for to buy a silk gown And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's Away Rio! Away Rio! Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and We're bound for the Rio Grande Heave with a will boys and heave long and strong Away Rio! Sing the good chorus for 'tis a good song And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's Away Rio! Away Rio! Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and We're bound for the Rio Grande And it's goodbye to Ellen and Molly and Sue Away Rio! And those that are listening, it's goodbye to you And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's Away Rio! Away Rio! Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and We're bound for the Rio Grande And it's Away Rio! Away Rio! Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and We're bound for the Rio Grande Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girls, and We're bound for the Rio Grande We're bound for the Rio Grande