The Jolly Rogers - Numbers lyrics
[The Jolly Rogers - Numbers lyrics]
Sixty set out from Cambridge all
Good men and true
On a gunship bound for glory with
A young and wild crew
We'd charge in, make our stand
And we'd see victory
But when we'd won our first
Battle there were only fifty-three
More died from infection despite
The surgeon's tricks
That brought our bold and fearless
Crew down to forty-six
We then sailed away thinking we
Had seen the worst
But we steered her back around when
We heard a cannon's burst
Second fight that day and our
Luck was fading fast
Though we stayed afloat we'd lost
Most of our main mast
We were now adrift and very glad to be alive
Though I must admit our crew
Was now down to thirty-five
Most of the food was ruined from
The salt sea down below
But we didn't fear 'til the
Water started running low
With our bold and hardy crew just
A fortnight out to sea
The cruel sea had taken twelve
And we were twenty-three
Four more days had passed when we
Caught site of a gale
We were sucking rain from the rags
That used to be our sail
Another week adrift was the
Worst sight ever seen
Our beleaguered crew was now
Down to just seventeen
The first mate started screaming and
Set the deck alight
We tried to restrain him but
He had a madman's fight
When we stopped him he'd just
Hum "It'll all be fine"
But by then our battered crew
Was no more than nine
From nine we went to seven
From seven down to three
The cabin boy, the carpenter and the boson
That was me we all sat there on the deck
Though none of us could speak
We should be keeping watch but
We were all too weak
The cabin boy was curled up
In a corner all alone
The carpenter was muttering and
Gnawing on a bone i just kept on laughing
Cause I knew I'd lost my grip
As we were taken one by
One to the rescue ship
Never go to sea, me boys
Never leave the land
For once you're out to sea it
Doesn't matter what you planned
Your life lies in the mercy of
The sea heartless and cruel
So you'll stay ashore unless you
Truly are a fool
Though three survived that awful trip I'm
The last one of my crew
The others locked in their own minds
Their voyage never through
So listen to me lads before
You take your hellish trip
Man belongs upon the ground
Not on some Goddamn ship
Good men and true
On a gunship bound for glory with
A young and wild crew
We'd charge in, make our stand
And we'd see victory
But when we'd won our first
Battle there were only fifty-three
More died from infection despite
The surgeon's tricks
That brought our bold and fearless
Crew down to forty-six
We then sailed away thinking we
Had seen the worst
But we steered her back around when
We heard a cannon's burst
Second fight that day and our
Luck was fading fast
Though we stayed afloat we'd lost
Most of our main mast
We were now adrift and very glad to be alive
Though I must admit our crew
Was now down to thirty-five
Most of the food was ruined from
The salt sea down below
But we didn't fear 'til the
Water started running low
With our bold and hardy crew just
A fortnight out to sea
The cruel sea had taken twelve
And we were twenty-three
Four more days had passed when we
Caught site of a gale
We were sucking rain from the rags
That used to be our sail
Another week adrift was the
Worst sight ever seen
Our beleaguered crew was now
Down to just seventeen
The first mate started screaming and
Set the deck alight
We tried to restrain him but
He had a madman's fight
When we stopped him he'd just
Hum "It'll all be fine"
But by then our battered crew
Was no more than nine
From nine we went to seven
From seven down to three
The cabin boy, the carpenter and the boson
That was me we all sat there on the deck
Though none of us could speak
We should be keeping watch but
We were all too weak
The cabin boy was curled up
In a corner all alone
The carpenter was muttering and
Gnawing on a bone i just kept on laughing
Cause I knew I'd lost my grip
As we were taken one by
One to the rescue ship
Never go to sea, me boys
Never leave the land
For once you're out to sea it
Doesn't matter what you planned
Your life lies in the mercy of
The sea heartless and cruel
So you'll stay ashore unless you
Truly are a fool
Though three survived that awful trip I'm
The last one of my crew
The others locked in their own minds
Their voyage never through
So listen to me lads before
You take your hellish trip
Man belongs upon the ground
Not on some Goddamn ship