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Title
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While the raging seas did roar
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Singer
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Tanner, Charles
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Song Lyrics
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Verse 1
It was one Friday morning when we set sail,
And our ship not so very far from land,
It was there we did espy a pretty fair maid,
With a comb and a glass in her hand.
Chorus
While the raging seas did roar,
And the stormy winds did blow,
Whilst we poor sailors went up into the top,
And the land-men a-lying down below, below, below,
And the land-men a-lying down below.
Verse 2
Then up speaks a man of our gallant ship,
And a well speaking man was he -
'I've married a wife in fair London town,
And this night she a widow will be.'
Chorus
Verse 3
The up speaks the boy of our gallant ship,
And a fair speaking boy was he -
'I've a father and mother in fair London town,
And this night they will weep for me.'
Chorus
Verse 4
They may weep, they may look with a watery eye,
They may weep, they may weep for me,
They may weep, they may look with a watery eye,
They may look to the bottom of the sea.
Chorus
Verse 5
Then three times round went our gallant ship,
And three times round went she,
And it's three times round went our gallant ship,
Then she sank to the bottom of the sea.
Chorus
