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Rolling Down to Old Maui

from The Long Straight Forever by The Long Straight Forever

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Traditional, arrangement ©2010 The Long Straight Forever.

Originally found in the 1858 ship's log of the whaling vessel Atkins Adams out of New Bedford, MA.

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It's a damn tough life full of toil and strife
we whalermen undergo
And we won't give a damn when the day is done
how hard the winds did blow
For we're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
with a good ship taut and free
And we don't give a damn when we drink our rum
with the girls of old Maui

Rolling down to old Maui, me boys
Down to old Maui
We're homeward bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to old Maui

Once more we sail with the northerly gale
Through the ice and wind and rain
Them native maids, them tropical glades
We soon shall see again
Six hellish months have passed away
On the cold Kamchatka sea
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground
Rolling down to old Maui

Once more we sail with the northerly gale
towards our island home
Our mainmast sprung, our whaling done
and we ain't got far to roam
Our stuns'l's booms is carried away
what care we for that sound
A living gale is after us
thank God we're homeward bound

How soft the breeze through the island trees
now the ice is far astern
Them native maids, them tropical glades
is awaiting our return
Even now their soft brown eyes look out
hoping some fine day to see
Our baggy sails, running 'fore the gales
rolling down to old Maui

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from The Long Straight Forever, released July 1, 2010
Michael Matheny: Lead vocals
Raymond Yates & Matthew Ogden: Backing vocals

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