The Captain's Song
from The Beginnings of Edward Mckilroy by Fergusson Elliott
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lyrics
The Captain's Song.
(A song for all the brave souls who risked all to make a better life over the seas)
The Captain's got our best interests for sure,
The lives of all of us passengers are pure,
We said goodbye to families and friends,
To dance the devil over the waters again,
The rats and lice are nothing to us now,
The hope of heroes glistens on our brows,
The vitals are bad and the drink is sadly dear,
But we'll dance the devil over the waters again,
To build our dreams and then.
So fill up your glass,
And drink to all the lovers that you've had,
And raise up your voice,
Sing to all the girls you're yet to know.
Nine months is much more than man can bare,
The Captain he's the bastard that led us here,
We should have stayed and earned that trade I fear,
But we'll dance the devil over the waters again,
To build our dreams and then.
So fill up your glass,
Drink to all the lovers that you've had,
And raise up your voice,
Sing to all the girls you're yet to know.
I should have known,
Nothing comes from dancing a devil home.
So fill up your glass,
Drink to all the lovers that you've had,
And raise up your voice,
Sing to all the girls you're yet to know.
And we'll dance a devil home, a devil back home,
A devil back home, she's a devil back home.
After nine long months, the merry widow was sunk,
Sunk but five miles of the coast of Australia,
With all hands lost and not a single soul was saved...
(A song for all the brave souls who risked all to make a better life over the seas)
The Captain's got our best interests for sure,
The lives of all of us passengers are pure,
We said goodbye to families and friends,
To dance the devil over the waters again,
The rats and lice are nothing to us now,
The hope of heroes glistens on our brows,
The vitals are bad and the drink is sadly dear,
But we'll dance the devil over the waters again,
To build our dreams and then.
So fill up your glass,
And drink to all the lovers that you've had,
And raise up your voice,
Sing to all the girls you're yet to know.
Nine months is much more than man can bare,
The Captain he's the bastard that led us here,
We should have stayed and earned that trade I fear,
But we'll dance the devil over the waters again,
To build our dreams and then.
So fill up your glass,
Drink to all the lovers that you've had,
And raise up your voice,
Sing to all the girls you're yet to know.
I should have known,
Nothing comes from dancing a devil home.
So fill up your glass,
Drink to all the lovers that you've had,
And raise up your voice,
Sing to all the girls you're yet to know.
And we'll dance a devil home, a devil back home,
A devil back home, she's a devil back home.
After nine long months, the merry widow was sunk,
Sunk but five miles of the coast of Australia,
With all hands lost and not a single soul was saved...
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from The Beginnings of Edward Mckilroy,
released January 1, 2013
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