MARCO POLO

by Hugh Jones



The Marco Polo's a very fine ship

Fastest on the sea

On Australia's strand we soon will land

Bully Forbes he can look for me

Going to jump the ship in Melbourne town

Going a digging gold

There's a fortune found beneath the ground

Where the eucalyptus grows



Marco Polo, fastest on the sea

Marco Polo, fastest on the sea



Said the Blackball owner, Mr. Baines

To Bully Forbes one day

"It's up to you to keep your crew

While the gold lures them away"

Said Bully Forbes to mr. Baines

"I have a plan so fine

Leave it to me and you'll agree

I'm the king of the Blackball Line"



When we reached Australia's shore

Bully Forbes declared, "There's scurvy

On this trip you won't leave the ship

Until we reach the Mersey"

Now we lie in Salthouse dock

I'll go to sea no more, sir

Done me time on the Blackball Line

And Captain Bully Forbes, sir



@sailor @Australia

recorded by Cliff Haslam

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