Here's another sheltered-in chantey. This one is called "Sacramento." It was used at
the capstan, used for helping weigh anchor, the sailors' term for bringing up the anchor. An example
of how sailors sometimes took popular songs from shore and adapted them to shipboard work,
and you can probably guess which song this one came from. So, here we go: "Sacramento."
Around Cape Horn we're bound for to go (Chorus:) Hoo-dah! Hoo-dah!
Around Cape Horn through the sleet and snow (Chorus:) Hoo-dah, hoo-dah day
(Grand chorus:) Blow, boys, blow, for Califor-nye-o There's plenty of gold, so I've been told
On the banks of the Sacramento
Santander Jim is a mate from hell (Chorus:) Hoo-dah! Hoo-dah!
With fists of iron and feet as well (Chorus:) Hoo-dah, hoo-dah day
(Grand chorus:) Blow, boys, blow, for Califor-nye-o There's plenty of gold, so I've been told
On the banks of the Sacramento
Them was the days of the good old times (Chorus:) Hoo-dah! Hoo-dah!
Back in the days of the forty-nine (Chorus:) Hoo-dah, hoo-dah day!
(Grand chorus:) Blow, boys, blow, for Califor-nye-o There's plenty of gold, so I've been told
On the banks of the Sacramento
Sing and heave and heave and sing (Chorus:) Hoo-dah! Hoo-dah!
Heave and make them handspikes spring (Chorus:) Hoo-dah, hoo-dah day
(Grand chorus:) Blow, boys, blow, for Califor-nye-o There's plenty of gold, so I've been told
On the banks of the Sacramento.