There’s salt in me beard and wind in me bones,
(Heave away, lads, heave away!)
We sail through the storm where the devil moans,
(And we're bound for break of day!)
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So hoist up the sails, let the north wind roar,
One hand on the rope and one on the oar!
With a bottle o’ rum and a song so old,
We sail through the night, stormbound and bold!
The captain’s mad and the cook’s gone blind,
(Heave away, lads, heave away!)
We’ve left all reason far behind,
(And we're bound where the sirens play!)
So hoist up the sails, let the north wind roar,
One hand on the rope and one on the oar!
With a bottle o’ rum and a song so old,
We sail through the night, stormbound and bold!
If I die at sea, let me rest below,
(Heave away, lads, heave away!)
With the whales to guard and the tide to tow,
(‘Neath the foam where the drowned men lay!)
So hoist up the sails, let the north wind roar,
One hand on the rope and one on the oar!
With a bottle o’ rum and a song so old,
We sail through the night, stormbound and bold! Oh, the sky turned black and the moon went red,
(Heave ho, lads, pray for the d**d!)
The waves rose high and the stars all fled,
When the Leviathan rose from the deep sea bed.
Heave ho, turn the sail to the wind,
Heave ho, for our fate has thinned.
One more storm and one last breath—
The beast below brings certain death.
Its eyes were flame and its maw was wide,
(It swallowed whole the captain's pride.)
A thousand teeth, a thousand years,
It feeds on b***d and sailor's fears.
Heave ho, turn the sail to the wind,
Heave ho, for our fate has thinned.
One more storm and one last breath—
The beast below brings certain death.
We fired the guns, we cast our steel,
(It laughed and shattered our iron keel.)
It dragged us down with a thunderous sound,
And no soul lived to see dry ground.
Heave ho, boys, sing soft and low,
For the deep is dark where no light goes.
And if you hear
