Spanish Ladies Songtext
von The Longest Johns

Farewell and adieu, to you Spanish ladies
Farewell and adieu, to you ladies of Spain
For we received orders
For to sail for Old England
But we hope, very soon, we shall see you again

We′ll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We′ll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues

We hove our ship to, with the wind at Southwest boys
We hove our ship to, our soundings to see
We rounded and sounded got 45 fathoms
We squared our main yard and up channel steered we

We'll rant and we′ll roar like true British sailors
We′ll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues


The next land we made was called "The Deadman"
Next ram heads off Plymouth, off Portland and Wight
We sailed by Beachy, by Fairlee and Dungeness
′Till we came abreast of the south foreland light

We'll rant and we′ll roar like true British sailors
We'll rant and we′ll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues

Then the signal was made for the grand fleet to anchor
All in the Downs that night for to lie
Then it's stand by your stoppers, steer clear your shank-painters
Haul up your clew garnets, let tacks and sheet fly

We'll rant and we′ll roar like true British sailors
We′ll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues

So let every man toss off a full bumper
And let every man drink off a full glass
We′ll drink and be merry and drown melancholy
Singing, here's a good health to each true-hearted lass


We′ll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors
We′ll rant and we'll roar along the salt seas
Until we strike soundings in the channel of Old England
From Ushant to Scilly is 35 leagues