Dundee Bound

Trad/Campbell, Bridgegate Music

Fragments of two traditional whaling songs from Dundee on the east coast of Scotland, collected by Maurice Fleming for a book of Dundee songs pub 1985. Additional words and music by us, and given a contemporary spin.

(G) Been to St (Bm6) Peters for  (C) tobacco and  (D7) rum, 

(G)  Goodbye (C) fare thee well,  (G)  goodbye (C) fare thee well

(G)  Heading (Bm6) home now the (C) trading’s (D7) done, 

 hur(G)  rah my  (Bm6) boys were  (Am11)Dundee, (G) bound 

(Am11)

 (Bm6)

 (D7) 

And it’s  (G)  home we are  (Bm6) bound it’s  (C) home we must  (D7)  go

(G)  Goodbye (C) fare thee well,  (G)  goodbye (C) fare thee well

(G)  Home we are  (Bm6)bound it’s  (C) home we must  (D7)  go

Hur (G)  rah my  (Bm6) boys we’re  (Am11) Dundee, (G)  bound 

(Am11) 

 (Bm6) 

 (D7)  

Never seen such winds and cold driving rain, goodbye fare thee well, goodbye fare thee well
The fog and the ice drive a man insane, hurrah my boys were Dundee, bound

And it’s home we are bound it’s home we must go
Goodbye fare thee well, goodbye fare thee well
Home we are bound, it’s home we must go
Hurrah my boys we’re Dundee, bound

I never had but one love and she is the sea, goodbye fare thee well, goodbye fare thee well
Song of the Siren keeps calling me, hurrah my boys were Dundee, bound

And it’s home we are bound it’s home we must go
Goodbye fare thee well, goodbye fare thee well
Home we are bound, it’s home we must go
Hurrah my boys we’re Dundee, bound