Santy Anno

Notation: traditional
PDF Files: sea chanty

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We're sailing down the river from Liverpool
    Heave away Santy Anno
Around Cape Horn to Frisco Bay
    All on the plains of Mexico
Chorus:
So heave her up and away we'll go
    Heave away Santy Anno
Heave her up and away we'll go
    All on the plains of Mexico

Alternate chorus:
Mexico, oh Mexico
    Away Santy Anno
Mexico is a place I know
    All on the plains of Mexico

She's a clipper fast ship and a bully good crew
A down-east Yankee for her captain, too.

Oh, Santiana gain'd the day!
Oh, Santiana gain'd the day!

He gained the day at Molley-Del-Rey,
An' General Taylor ran away.

All of his men were brave and true,
Every soldier brave and true.

Oh, Santiana fought for fame,
Oh, Santiana gained a name.
An' Zacharias Taylor ran away,
He ran away at Molley-Del-Rey.

Santiana's men were brave,
Many found a soldier's grave.

'Twas a fierce & bitter strife,
Hand to hand they fought for life.

An' Santiana's name is known,
What a man can do was shown.

Oh, Santiana fought for his gold,
What deeds he did have oft been told.

'twas on the field of Molley-Del-Rey,
Santiana lost a leg that day.

Oh, Santiana's day is o'er,
Santiana will fight no more.

Oh, Santiana's gone away,
Far from the field of Molley-Del-Rey.

Oh, Santiana now we mourn,
We left him buried off Cape Horn.


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