Heave Away / Cape Cod Girls / Bound for Australia

A classic call-and-response also known as “Cape Cod Girls” or “Bound For Australia.”

Cape Cod boys don’t got no sleds

Heave away, heave away

They slide down hills on codfish heads

For we’re bound for Australia

Heave away me bonny bonny boys

Heave away, heave away

Heave away and don’t you make a noise

For we’re bound for Australia

Cape Cod girls don’t got no combs…

They comb their hair with codfish bones…

Cape Cod moms don’t bake no pies

They feed their children codfish eyes

Cape Cod cats don’t got no tails

They lost them all in Cape Cod gales

Cape Cod dogs don’t got no bite

They lost it barking at the Cape Cod light

Cape Cod doctors got no pills

They give their patients codfish gills

Cape Cod ladies don’t give no thrills

They’re plain and skinny as the codfish gills

[alternate version]

Cape Cod boys don’t got no sleds

Haul away, haul away (yip!)

They slide down hills on codfish heads

And we’re bound away for Australia

So heave her up my bully bully boys, now

Haul away, haul away (yip!)

Well heave her up and don’t you make a noise

And we’re bound away for Australia