The Dreadnaught

One ship drives east and one ship drives west
 By the self-same wind that blows
 Yet the set of the sail and not the gale
 The set of the sail and not the gale
 Determines the way-i-aye-i-aye
 That determines the way she goes
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 Oh there is a flash packet, flash packet of fame
 She hails from New York and the Dreadnaught's her name
 She's bound to the westward where the wide waters flow
 Bound away to the westward in the Dreadnaught we'll go!
 Derry down, down..., down derry down
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 Oh, the time of our leaving is now drawing nigh
 Farewell pretty maids, we must bid ye goodbye
 Farewell to old England and all we hold dear
 Bound away in the Dreadnaught, to the westward we'll steer
 Derry down, down..., down derry down
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 Now the Dreadnaught's a-howling, down the wild Irish Sea
 Her passengers all merry and their hearts full of glee
 While the sailors like tigers walk the decks to and fro
 Bound away to the westward in the Dreadnaught we'll go
 Derry down, down..., down derry down
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 Now the Dreadnaught is sailing the Atlantic so wide
 Where the high roaring seas roll along her black side
 With her topsails set taut for the Red Cross to show
 She's the Liverpool packet. Oh Lord, let her go!
 Derry down, down..., down derry down
 Down..., down derry down
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 And now we're arriving in old New York town
 We are bound for the Bowery to let sorrows drown
 With our beer and strong liquor, we'll let the songs flow
 And we will drink to the Dreadnaught wherever she may go!
 Derry down, down..., down derry down
 Down..., down derry down
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 Here's a health to the Dreadnaught and to all her brave crew
 To bold Captain Samuels and his officers too
 You may talk of your packets, Swallowtail and Black Ball
 But the Dreadnaught's the flyer that outsails them all!
 Derry down, down..., down derry down
 Down..., down derry down
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 Now the story has ended, and the tale it is told
 I hope me dear shipmates that you don't think me bold
 But this song was composed while the watch was below
 Bound away to the westward in the Dreadnaught we'll go
 Bound away to the westward in the Dreadnaught we'll go
 Bound away to the westward in the Dreadnaught we'll go
 Derry down, down..., down derry down