Rounding The Horn

A Sailor's Life - A.L. Lloyd

The gallant frigate

Amphitrite she lay in Plymouth Sound

Blue Peter at the foremast head for

She was outward bound

We were waiting there for orders

To send us far from home

Our orders came for Rio

And thence around Cape Horn

While beating off Magellan

Strait it blew exceeding hard

Whilst shortening sail two gallant tars

Fell from the topsail yard

By angry seas the ropes we threw from

Their poor hands were torn

We were forced to leave them to

The sharks that prowl around Cape Horn

When we got round the Horn

My boys we had some glorious days

And very soon our killick

Dropped in Valparaiso Bay

The pretty girls came downing from us

I solemnly declare

They are far before the Plynouth girls

With their long and curly hair

There were to Valparaiso plynouth

I'm farewell for a while

Likewise to aII the Spanish girls

All on the coast of Chile

And if ever l live to be paid off

L'll sit and sing this song

God bless those pretty Spanish girls

We left around Cape Horn