CZTERY REFY - Hej, chlopcy, czas juz wyjsc w morze

Hej, chlopcy,
czas juz wyjsc w morze

sl. Jerzy Rogacki
mel. trad. "Heave Away My Johnny"

Hej, chlopcy, czas juz wyjsc w morze!
Bedziemy pic jeszcze nie raz.
Wyplywamy dzis przed zachodem,
Ocean zaprasza nas.

Hej, stawiaj zagle! Ster lewo na burt!
Dmuchnelo nam wlasnie z Nord-West.
Kazdy z nas slyszal juz nieraz
Prastara te morza piesn.

W dzien slonce i chmur bialych fale
Znajomi zeglarze tych tras.
W nocy Orion nas prowadzi
I blyszczy farwater gwiazd.

Z zachodu znow szkwal nas dogania,
Barometr wciaz spada na leb.
Znowu bedzie niezla zabawa,
Fala zalewa juz deck.

Hej, wybrac zagle! Do zwrotu przez sztag!
Do portu prowadzi ten hals.
Tam dziewczyny, taniec i wino
Od dawna czekaja nas.

A Neptun stary zegna nas.
Bedziemy pic jeszcze nie raz!

"Hej, chlopcy, czas juz wyjc w morze" ("Hey Boys, It's Time to Go to Sea") - the oldest song from the repertoire of "Refpatent" (an early group established by Jerzy Rogacki in 1973, 12 years before the "Cztery Refy"). It was sung during the 1st "Yapa" (Polish Students Festival) in 1974. This was before there were any so called shanty festivals in Poland. The melody comes from the shanty "Heave Away My Johnny" which was accidentally picked up while watching the movie "Moby Dick" on TV. (during the scene as the "Pequod's" moorings are cast off). The Polish lyrics have rather more to do with the author's own sailing experiences than with the original words. Some sailors only remember the last verse of each chorus - "We'll drink together again".