The Jolly Rogers - Eight Bells lyrics
[The Jolly Rogers - Eight Bells lyrics]
"This will be your home, me boys, so
I trust you'll treat her right, "
Was how the Captain's speech began
Each voyage's first night
He smiled, said "It's tradition
But I ask that you refrain
From carving your name in the beam
Next to her lofty main"
The first night I was there her
Mates held me in the air
And let me carve my name with theirs
To show that I was there
From boy to man we grew up
As across the waves we roamed
As she burned we sobbed likе sons
Who'd lost their childhood home
Eight bells rang out in Dovеr
Eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool
And Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale
Eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau
The night the Merry Widow went down
As a mere midshipman's mate I'd
Stare up at that beam
And knew that every name I saw
Once shared with me a dream
Some of them so faded
Just a memory and a scratch
But they grew much clearer
With every new batch
She made sure we made it back
To the lands we'd known
And with the tide we'd all return
To the vessel we called home
There were parts we could have salvaged
But I think we all agreed
That she deserved the honor of
A burial at sea!
Eight bells rang out in Dover
Eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool
And Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale
Eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau
The night the Merry Widow went down
By the time I was the bosun
The list was three yards long
Though she had seen so many years
She still stood tall and strong
From our names she took her spirit
Bold and strong and true and
She raced the wind and never failed
Her brave and loyal crew!
The ship she never foundered and
Her defenses never breached
No matter her port of call
Her goal was always reached
When we were told her day had come
And she had sailed her last
That they would tear her down for
Scrap we couldn't let that pass!
Eight bells rang out in Dover
Eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool
And Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale
Eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau
The night the Merry Widow went down
Through our grief we swore an oath
That we'd carry out our plan
And damn the risk we would push on
To the strength of our last man
And as we stared at all the
Names of those that came before
We cut the line and stole that ship
And sailed her out once more!
Beyond the reef we sailed her
And set our love alight
We jumped ship and watched her burn
From the shore that night
As she sank beneath the waves we
Knew one thing for sure
She made more of a mark on us
Than we ever did on her!
Eight bells rang out in Dover
Eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool
And down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale
Eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau
The night the Merry Widow went down
Eight bells rang out… eight bells rang out
Eight bells rang out… eight bells rang out
Eight bells rang out… eight bells rang out
Eight bells rang out
The night the Merry Widow went down
The night the Merry Widow went down
I trust you'll treat her right, "
Was how the Captain's speech began
Each voyage's first night
He smiled, said "It's tradition
But I ask that you refrain
From carving your name in the beam
Next to her lofty main"
The first night I was there her
Mates held me in the air
And let me carve my name with theirs
To show that I was there
From boy to man we grew up
As across the waves we roamed
As she burned we sobbed likе sons
Who'd lost their childhood home
Eight bells rang out in Dovеr
Eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool
And Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale
Eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau
The night the Merry Widow went down
As a mere midshipman's mate I'd
Stare up at that beam
And knew that every name I saw
Once shared with me a dream
Some of them so faded
Just a memory and a scratch
But they grew much clearer
With every new batch
She made sure we made it back
To the lands we'd known
And with the tide we'd all return
To the vessel we called home
There were parts we could have salvaged
But I think we all agreed
That she deserved the honor of
A burial at sea!
Eight bells rang out in Dover
Eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool
And Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale
Eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau
The night the Merry Widow went down
By the time I was the bosun
The list was three yards long
Though she had seen so many years
She still stood tall and strong
From our names she took her spirit
Bold and strong and true and
She raced the wind and never failed
Her brave and loyal crew!
The ship she never foundered and
Her defenses never breached
No matter her port of call
Her goal was always reached
When we were told her day had come
And she had sailed her last
That they would tear her down for
Scrap we couldn't let that pass!
Eight bells rang out in Dover
Eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool
And Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale
Eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau
The night the Merry Widow went down
Through our grief we swore an oath
That we'd carry out our plan
And damn the risk we would push on
To the strength of our last man
And as we stared at all the
Names of those that came before
We cut the line and stole that ship
And sailed her out once more!
Beyond the reef we sailed her
And set our love alight
We jumped ship and watched her burn
From the shore that night
As she sank beneath the waves we
Knew one thing for sure
She made more of a mark on us
Than we ever did on her!
Eight bells rang out in Dover
Eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool
And down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale
Eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau
The night the Merry Widow went down
Eight bells rang out… eight bells rang out
Eight bells rang out… eight bells rang out
Eight bells rang out… eight bells rang out
Eight bells rang out
The night the Merry Widow went down
The night the Merry Widow went down