DAVEY LAURISTON         Trad. N.Z.

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Me name is Davey Lauriston, I did seal, I did seal.
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Me name is Davey Lauriston, I did seal.
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Though my men and I were lost, though our very lives 'twould cost
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We did seal, we did seal, we did seal.



We were set down in Open Bay, we were set down, we were set down,
We were set down in Open Bay, we were set down.
On the sixteenth day of Feb-u-ar-i-ay
For to seal, for to seal, for to seal.



Well our Captain, John Bedagh, he set sail, he set sail.
Our Captain, John Bedagh, he did set sail.
"I'll return, men, without fail".  But they foundered in a gale,
And went down, and went down, and went down.


Well we cured ten thousand skins for the fur, for the fur.
We cured ten thousand skins for the fur.
Brackish water, putrid seal, we did all of us fall ill
For to die, for to die, for to die.


Do come all ye sailor lads who sail the sea, sail the sea,
Come all ye jolly tars who sail the sea -
Though the schooner Governor Bligh picked up those who did not die
Never seal, never seal, never seal.