The time is now, for you wed us, captain oh captain
The ship is doomed and gone is the chaplain
Souls could be lost, the reef has caught her
Slipping away into fathomless water
The pride of the yard looks not proud now
Hope and fear etched, from stern to bow
Listing badly, the lifeboats are out
Panic and fear uncoupled with doubt
At what cost, will souls be lost
Missing rivets down in the hole
Where stokers weep, thought lack of sleep
Their bodies as black as coal
Captain oh captain, do come now
Let us be married and be done now
There’s a cook and steward to hear our vows
Then into the lifeboat and over the bows
Though many will end in a watery grave
Let’s pull together, some we can save
Just say the word with the ring on her finger
Captain oh captain, we dare not linger
The boilers heart will rip her apart
It’s only a matter of time
So lets away, up the stairway
Before the bells start to chime
Now it’s into the boats and away
All this to do on a mariners pay
A sad ending for a ship I agree
To be lost and sunk at sea
She’s slipping away now beneath the waves
Not knowing how many have been saved
We could have been, with those that’s gone
But now we’re wed, what’s done is done
We are not the last, to flee from the mast
They’re still coming over the side
It’s a sad story; the ships lost its glory
Now beneath the waves it will hide |  |
