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Updated: May 22, 2025
Out broke the merry fife with a rhythmical tune, and tramp, tramp, tramp went a hundred and twenty feet round and round, and, with brawny chests pressed tight against the capstan bars, sixty fine fellows walked the ship up to her anchor, drowning the fife at intervals with their sturdy song, as pat to their feet as an echo: Heave with a will ye jolly boys, Heave around: We're off from Chainee, jolly boys, Homeward bound.
"Bedad, sorr, it sames I'm dhramin', sure," observed Tim Rooney to Mr Mackay as the two now stood together on the forecastle, looking out over the hows. "It's moighty loike the ould river; an' I'd a'most fancy I wor home ag'in, an' not in Chainee at all at all!" "You're not far wrong, bosun," replied Mr Mackay, smiling at his remark, or rather at the quaint way in which it was made.
Heave with a will, ye jolly boys, Heave around: We're off from Chainee, jolly boys, Homeward bound. "Short stay apeak, sir," roars the boatswain from forward. "Unship the bars. Way aloft. Loose sails. Let fall."
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