Yeah, I'll think about publicising it a bit more. It'd be nice to get more people visiting this area of the site really...
I once was mate of a sailing ship
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Her name was the Endeavour,
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You never saw a craft so fine,
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For calm or stormy weather;
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Her captain, though, was a cruel hard man
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The like you ne'er did see,
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And so that hardy crew and I,
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We set to mutiny.
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And so we'll roam the waves,
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All English sailors bold;
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And soon we'll gain
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On the Spanish Main
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Five hundred pounds of gold.
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The Ballad of the EndeavourI once was mate of a sailing ship
Her name was the Endeavour,
You never saw a craft so fine,
For calm or stormy weather;
Her captain, though, was a cruel hard man
The like you ne'er did see,
And so that hardy crew and I,
We set to mutiny.
And so we'll roam the waves,
All English sailors bold;
And soon we'll gain
On the Spanish Main
Five hundred pounds of gold.
We set that captain soon ashore
All with pistol and with powder,
And when he wept and when he bawled,
We only laughed the louder;
The navy then gave chase to us,
But our ship was the faster.
And when their ship was still at night,
We soon slipped gently past her.
And so we'll roam the waves,
All English sailors bold;
And soon we'll gain
On the Spanish Main
Five hundred pounds of gold.
And so we robbed and raged like men,
And so we roved and swore,
'til all the navy's captains vowed
That we should sail no more.
They caught us running by Cape Horn,
And the Endeavour faltered,
But none of my gold did they find,
For I had sent it homeward.
And so I'll breathe no more,
And swing 'til I am cold;
But I've left my son
In Portsmouth town
Five hundred pounds of gold.