Lyrics

Clear the Track, Let the Bulgine Run (Eliza Lee)

The smartest clipper you can find is,
Ho eh, ho ah, are you most done?
She’s the Margaret Evans in the Blue Star Line!
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run.

Chorus
To me hey, rig a jig, in a jaunting gun, 
Ho eh, ho ah, are you most done?
With Eliza Lee all on my knee,
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run.

Oh, the Margaret Evans on the Blue Star Line,
Ho eh, ho ah, are you most done?
Shes never a day behind the time,
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run. (Chorus)

And when we’re over in New York Town,
Ho eh, ho ah, are you most done?
We’ll dance those Bowery girls around,
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run. (Chorus)

Oh, we’re outward bound for the Westering pier,
Ho eh, ho ah, are you most done?
We’ll go ashore at Liverpool Pier,
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run. (Chorus)

Oh, I thought I heard the old man say,
Ho eh, ho ah, are you most done?
We’ll leave that brig three points away.
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run. (Chorus)

Oh, when we’re back in Liverpool town,
Ho eh, ho ah, are you most done?
I’ll stand you whiskeys all around!
Clear away the track and let the bulgine run. (Chorus)

Song Notes

According to Stan Hugill’s Shanties from the Seven Seas, ‘bulgine’ is American slang for a railway engine.

It is said that he melody of this song is based on the Irish folk song Shule Agra.