Homeward Bound

We're bound to St. Peter's for 'baccy and rum,
Goodbye, fare ye well, goodbye, fare ye well.
We're bound to St. Peter's for 'baccy and rum,
Hurray, my bully boys, homeward bound!

'Tis out we are bound and 'tis out we must go,
Goodbye, fare ye well, goodbye, fare ye well.
'Tis out we are bound and we cannot say no,
Hurray, my bully boys, eastward bound.

####.... Author unknown. Traditional sea shanty ....####

A variant was published in Gerald S. Doyle's Old-Time Songs And Poetry Of Newfoundland: Songs Of The People From The Days Of Our Forefathers (Second edition, p.63, 1940; Third edition, p.29, 1955). Also published on p.32 of Songs Of Newfoundland, a complimentary booklet of lyrics to twenty-one songs distributed by the Bennett Brewing Co. Ltd., of St. John's, NL, with the cooperation of the Gerald S. Doyle Song Book from which the words were obtained.

Note: From 1714 to 1764, the island of St. Pierre, Miquelon was an English possession. During that time, the name was anglicized to St. Peter's, a name passed on by generations of Newfoundlanders.

From the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:
Baccy - tobacco.