Steeleye Span - Gallant Frigate Amphitrite lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Gallant Frigate Amphitrite lyrics]
The gallant frigate Amphitrite
She lay in Plymouth Sound
Blue Peter at her fore mast head
For she was outward bound
We were waiting there for orders to
Send us far from home
Our orders came for Rio
And thence around Cape Horn
When we arrived at Rio we
Prepared for heavy gales
We set up all our rigging, boys
And bent on all new sails
From ship to ship they cheered us
As we did sail along
And wished us pleasant weather in
The rounding of Cape Horn
While beating off Magellan Strait's
It blew exceeding hard
While shortening sail
Two gallant tars fell from the topsail yard
By angry seas the ropes we threw
From their poor hands were torn
We were forced to leave them to the
Sharks that prowl around Cape Horn
When we got round the Horn, me boys
We had some glorious days
And very soon our killick
Dropped in Valparaiso Bay
Then pretty girls come down in flocks
I solemnly declare
They're far before them Plymouth girls with
The long and the waving hair
They love a jolly sailor when
He spends his money free
They'll laugh and sing and merry merry
Be and have a jovial spree
And when your money is all gone
They won't on you impose
They are not like them Plymouth girls
That'll pawn and sell your clothes
Farewell to Valparaiso
And farewell for a while
Likewise to all them Spanish girls
Along the coast of Chile
And if ever I live to be paid off
I'll sit and sing this song
God bless them pretty Spanish girls
We left around Cape Horn
She lay in Plymouth Sound
Blue Peter at her fore mast head
For she was outward bound
We were waiting there for orders to
Send us far from home
Our orders came for Rio
And thence around Cape Horn
When we arrived at Rio we
Prepared for heavy gales
We set up all our rigging, boys
And bent on all new sails
From ship to ship they cheered us
As we did sail along
And wished us pleasant weather in
The rounding of Cape Horn
While beating off Magellan Strait's
It blew exceeding hard
While shortening sail
Two gallant tars fell from the topsail yard
By angry seas the ropes we threw
From their poor hands were torn
We were forced to leave them to the
Sharks that prowl around Cape Horn
When we got round the Horn, me boys
We had some glorious days
And very soon our killick
Dropped in Valparaiso Bay
Then pretty girls come down in flocks
I solemnly declare
They're far before them Plymouth girls with
The long and the waving hair
They love a jolly sailor when
He spends his money free
They'll laugh and sing and merry merry
Be and have a jovial spree
And when your money is all gone
They won't on you impose
They are not like them Plymouth girls
That'll pawn and sell your clothes
Farewell to Valparaiso
And farewell for a while
Likewise to all them Spanish girls
Along the coast of Chile
And if ever I live to be paid off
I'll sit and sing this song
God bless them pretty Spanish girls
We left around Cape Horn