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Bear Away, Yankee (2)

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Bear Away, Yankee (2)

Who no been off, no come a bay
                               Bear away Yankee, bear away
Who no been off, no come a bay
                           Oh, bear away Yankee, bear away.
                                                         Oh,

If you want, deliver your harpoon, boy
                                    Oh  bear away, Yankee, bear away
                                                                 Oh,
Yankee Doodle Dandy boy.
                                    Oh bear away  Yankee, bear away.


NOTE: chorus and solo overlap. odd typography hopes to indu\icate where.


Oh If you want the gun so hardful, boy
Oh, the gun on the blank, so len' us a hand.

Bear away we go
Bear away to Baltimore.

Hey, away we go
Who no been off np come a bay

Oh, if you want, deliver your harpoon, boy
Oh Yankee Doodle Dandy oh

Hey, stroke man an' le' we go
Bear away to Baltimore.

from Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore, Abrahams
small-boat whaling song
RG

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