A Tale of the Sea TTBB

A Tale of the Sea.   TTBB

                                                                                                    words and music by Elizabeth Sidebotham

Sit yourself down on this rock on the ground and I’ll sing you a song of the sea.
When there’s wind and there’s rain and you’re out on the main you may foolishly think you are free,
but many a sailor lad, pirates and crew have perished out there and I’ll tell you a story of three.
CHORUS.   Why! Aye!   We’re oceanward bound.
                   We might be becalmed, we might run aground
                    Why! Aye!   We’re oceanward bound
         And we’ll bring home the treasure that’s never been found.
Once on the “bounty” a captain named Bligh
With some of his more loyal crew were cast out in an open boat, left there to die, but they sang as they steered by the sky, as they steered by the sky.
CHORUS
Cloudesly Shovell first went to sea as a cabin boy aged just thirteen.
He rose through the ranks nd commanded the fleet,
But the rocks off St Mary’s Isle caused his defeat, caused his defeat.
CHORUS
Blackbeard the pirate once roamed the seas taking whatever he pleased
Til a navy ship caught him and severed his head to display on the bow spit, or so ’tis said, or so ’tis said.
CHORUS.   Why! Aye!   We’re oceanward bound.
                   We might be becalmed, we may even be drowned
                    Why! Aye!   We’re oceanward bound
         And we’ll bring home the treasure that’s never been found.