Sarah Brightman -- A salty dog
All hands on deck We've run afloat I heard the captain cry Explore the ship Replace the cook Let no one leave alive Across the straits Around the horn How far can sailors fly A twisted path Our tortured course And no one left alive
We sailed for parts Unknown to man Where ships come home to die No lofty peak Nor fortress hold Could match our captain's eye
Upon the seventh sea sick day We made our port of call A sand so white And seas so blue No mortal place at all
We fired the gun And burned the mast And rowed from ship to shore The captain cried We sailors wept Our tears were tears of joy How many moons And many Junes Have passed since we made land A salty dog The seaman's log Your witness, my own hand
Music: Brooker Lyrics: Reid
From: Dive (1993). Source of the lyrics: the CD-booklet, with thanks to Jeff (phantom10yr@hotmail.com), with a minor correction by me. Actually, as John Porter (jdporter@min.net) informed me, Brooker and Reid -- the authors of the song -- are from the band Procol Harum, and this song is the title track of their third album, so this song is certainly not written for Sarah. You can find info on Procol Harum's album A Salty Dog (1969) at: http://www.procolharum.com/phalbum3.htm <=== The Sarah Brightman main page / CD index / lyrics index Jos van Geffen -- Home | Site Map | Contact Me last modified: 11 March 2000
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