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bounding main - derelict lyrics

fifteen men on the dead man’s chest
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
drink and the devil had done for the rest
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
the mate was fixed by the bos’n’s pike
the bos’n brained with a marlinspike
and cookey’s throat was marked belike
it had been gripped by fingers ten
and there they lay, all good dead men
like break-o’-day in a boozing-ken
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

fifteen men of the whole ship’s list
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
dead and be d-mned and the rest gone whist!
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
the skipper lay with his n-b in gore
where the scullion’s axe his cheek had sh-r-
and the scullion he was stabbed times four
and there they lay, while soggy skies
dripped all day long in up-staring eyes
in murk sunset and foul sunrise
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

fifteen men of ’em stiff and stark
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
ten of the crew had the murder mark
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
’twas a cutl-ss swipe or an ounce of lead
or a yawing hole in a battered head
and the scuppers glut with a rotting red
and there they lay, aye, d-mn my eyes
all lookouts clapped on paradise
all souls bound just contrariwise
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum

fifteen men of ’em good and true
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
every man jack could ha’ sailed with old pew
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
there was chest on chest full of spanish gold
with a ton of plate in the middle hold
and the cabins riot of loot untold
and they lay there, that took the plum
with sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
while we shared all by the rule of thumb
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

more was seen through the sternlight screen
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
charting no doubt where a woman had been!
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
a flimsy shift on a bunker cot
with a dirk slit sheared through the bosom spot
and the lace stiff dry in a purplish blot
was she wench or some shuddering maid
who dared the knife and took the blade!
by god! she had stuff for a plucky jade
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

fifteen men on the dead man’s chest
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
drink and the devil had done for the rest
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
we wrapped ’em all in a mainsail tight
with twice ten turns of a hawser’s bight
and we heaved ’em over and out of sight
with a yo-heave-ho! and a fare-thee-well!
and a sullen plunge in the sullen swell
ten fathoms deep on the road to h-ll!
yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

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