ah, ok - old sailing shanty, popular among Yankees, English, Aussies, etc... sailors AND cattlemen, it seems...
uncountable variations exist, modified from an old British Navy capstan shanty. hold on...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=farewell+and+adieu+to+you&btnG=Google+Search
relevant excerpt from Jaws:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/quotes
Quint: [seeing Hooper's equipment] What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut? [examining the shark cage]
Quint: Jesus H Christ, when I was a boy, every little squirt wanted to be a harpooner or a sword fisherman. What d'ya have there - a portable shower or a monkey cage?
Hooper: Anti-Shark cage.
Quint: Anti-shark cage. You go inside the cage?
[Hooper nods]
Quint: Cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water. Our shark.
[sings]
Quint: Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we've received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again.
the sound of it at the following addy:
http://www.jawsmovie.com/1/sounds.asp
(scroll to "farewell.wav")
Oh wise one..Can you explain weather.
If most weather moves west to east due to the rotation of the earth then why..
Do hurricanes move east to west?
Will Irene make it over the hump and make the Ohio Valley wet?
I know all kinds of old sea shanties and folk songs, but I am a total iriot when it comes to HTML and the like. Be a nice, kind man and at least give a lady the damned title of the song, will ya?
Hmmmmmmmmm..on second perusal, I think I know that one, from the lyrics alone. :-)