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Rolling Down to Old Maui

sł. i mel. trad.

'Tis a rough, tough life of toil and strife,
We whalemen undergo.
We don't give a damn when the gale is done,
Or how hard the winds do blow:
For we're homeward bound, it's a damned fine sound,
On a good ship, taut, and free!
We don't give a damn, when we drink our rum,
With the girls of old Maui!

    Rolling down to old Maui, me boys,
    Rolling down to old Maui!
    We're homeward bound from the arctic ground,
    Rolling down to old Maui!
So now we sail, with a Northerly gale,
Through the ice and sleet and rain:
And the coconut fronds in the tropic lands,
We soon shall see again!
Six hellish months we've passed away,
In the cold Kamchatka Sea,
But now we're bound from the Arctic ground,
Rolling down to old Maui!
    Rolling down to old Maui...
We 'll heave the lead, where old Diamond Head
Looms up o'er old O'ahu!
Our masts and yards are sheathed with ice,
And our decks are hid from view:
And the horrid ice of the sea-cut tiles
That deck the Arctic Sea,
Are miles behind in the frozen wind,
Since we steered for old Maui!
    Rolling down to old Maui...
Once more we sail, with a favorable gale,
owards our island home:
Our main yard sprung, our whaling done,
And we ain't got far to roam!
Our studding-sails booms are carried away,
What care we for that sound?
A living gale is after us,
Thank Christ we're homeward bound!
    Rolling down to old Maui...
How soft the breeze, in the island trees,
Now the ice is far astern:
And those native maids in the island glades
Are awaiting our return.
Even now their big black eyes look out,
Hoping some fine day to sea,
Our baggy sails, running 'fore the gales,
Rolling down to old Maui!
    Rolling down to old Maui...
And now we're anchored in the bay
With the big kanakas all around:
With chants and soft "Aloha oe's"
They greet us now we're found:
And now ashore, we'll have good fun,
We'll paint those beaches red;
Awaking in the arms of a wahine,
With a big fat aching head!
    Rolling down to old Maui...


"Rolling Down to Old Maui" - jedna z bardziej znanych pie¶ni, ¶piewanych przez amerykańskich wielorybników, wracaj±cych z łowisk Północnego Pacyfiku w kierunku Wysp Hawajskich. Ulubiona pie¶ń Stana Hugilla. Najpierw nagrali¶my j± na kasete wraz Simonem Spaldingiem. Simon ¶piewał j± na Hawajach i stwierdził, że bardzo się tam podobała, nawet dzieciom. Uważa on też, że ze względu na zainteresowanie żeglarstwem, go¶cinno¶c, wspaniałe dziewczyny itp., Polska i Hawaje maj± wiele wspólnego, a ich mieszkańcy powinni się lepiej wzajemnie poznać.
Po dziesięciu latch nagrali¶my to jeszcze raz, tym razem sami. Znajduje się na płycie "Bound Away".
Uwaga: Utwór ten ¶piewany jest także na inne melodie. Mniej znane wersje (z polskim tekstem pt. "Maui") zostały nagrane na kasetach: "Pożegnanie Liverpoolu" i "Pie¶ni wielorybnicze"

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