Away Rio
by
Roger McGuinn
is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
On December 1, 2007 the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago celebrated its 50th anniversary. This is a song that I learned there 50 years ago. I love sea chanteys and this is one of my favorites! American sailors who sang this disdained any pronunciation other than “Ry oh.”
Lyrics and chords available from Folk Den Project.