Ick hew mol en Hamborger Veermaster sehn,
to my hooday, to my hooday
De Masten so scheef as den Schipper sien Been,
to my hooday hooday ho!
Blow boys blow, for Californio.
There is plenty of gold so I am told
on the banks of Sacramento
Dat Deck weer von Isen, vull Schiet un vull Smeer,
to my hooday, to my hooday!
Dat weer de Schietgäng ehr schönstes Pläseer,
to my hooday, hooday ho!
Blow boys blow, for Californio.
There is plenty of gold so I am told
on the banks of Sacramento
Dat Logis weer vull Wanzen, de Kombüs weer vull Dreck,
to my hooday, to my hooday!
de Beschütten, de löpen von sülben all weg.
to my hooday, hooday ho!
Blow boys blow, for Californio.
There is plenty of gold so I am told
on the banks of Sacramento
Dat Soltfleesch weer grön, un de Speck weer vull Moden.
to my hooday to my hooday!
Köm gev dat bloß an Wiehnachtsobend.
hooday, hooday ho!
Blow boys blow, for Californio.
There is plenty of gold so I am told
on the banks of Sacramento
Un wulln wi mol seiln, ick segg dat jo nur,
to my hooday, to my hooday!
denn leupt he dree vorut und veer wedder retur,
hooday, hoodayho!
Blow boys blow, for Californio.
There is plenty of gold so I am told
on the banks of Sacramento
As dat Schipp weur, so weur ok de Kaptein,
to my hooday, to my hooday!
de Lüd for dat Schipp weurn ok blot schangheit.
hooday, hooday ho!
Blow boys blow, for Californio.
There is plenty of gold so I am told
on the banks of Sacramento
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Adaption des englischen Shantys The Banks Of Sacramento
aus Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg, aus dem Deutschen Kaiserreich – oder zur Zeit des Goldrauschs von 1848
u.a.in: HSLB_Neesen (ca. 1951) — Liederbuch der Bundeswehr (1962) — Liederbuch der Fallschirmjäger (1983)