4 - Away Santianna

Words by Traditional, see description
Tune by Traditional

A rewrite with verses based on the Pyrates Royale version, and the chorus edited to match how most people sing it at Auntie Shanty.

The Navy would never have a lass at sea
Away Santianna
So I went in search of piracy
All along the coast of Mexico

So heave her up and away we’ll go
Away Santianna
Heave her up and away we’ll go
All along the coast of Mexico

And now we sail the Southern Seas
Away Santianna
And we’ll have those lads down on their knees
All along the coast of Mexico

So heave her up and away we’ll go…

In Mexico I want to be
Away Santianna
With a cask of rum on a drinkin’ spree
All along the coast of Mexico

So heave her up and away we’ll go…

When I was a young lass in my prime
Away Santianna
I had them sailor lads two at a time
All along the coast of Mexico

So heave her up and away we’ll go…

But I’d never leave the sea to settle down
Away Santianna
When I can have a man in every town
All along the coast of Mexico

So heave her up and away we’ll go…

The times is hard and the riches low
Away Santianna
But we pirates must "row and yo”
All along the coast of Mexico

So heave her up and away we’ll go…