Rolling Home (diatonic)

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Up a-loft, a-mid the rig-ging
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Swift-ly blows the fa-v'ring gale
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Strong as spring-time in its blos-som
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Fi-lling out each ben-ding sail
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And the waves we leave be-hind us
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seem to mur-mer as they rise
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We have ta-rried here to bear you
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To the land you dear-ly prize<br /><br />
CHORUS
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Rol-ling home rol-ling home
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Rol-ling home a-cross the sea
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Rol-ling home to dear old Eng-land
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Rol-ling home dear land to thee<br /><br />
VERSE 2
Call all hands to man the capstan<br />See the cable run down clear<br />Heave away and with a will boys<br />For old England we will steer<br />And we'll sing in joyful chorus<br />In the watches of the night<br />And we'll sight the shores of England<br />When the grey dawn brings the light
<br />CHORUS<br />
VERSE 3
Full ten thousand miles behind us
And a thousand miles before<br />Ancient ocean waves to waft us<br />To the well remembered shore<br />Newborn breezes swell to send us<br />To our childhood welcome skies<br />To the glow of friendly faces<br />And the glance of loving eyes<br /><br />CHORUS