The winds blew east the winds blew west
They then blew north and south,
The sea was smooth the sea was rough,
And it ope'd its yawning mouth.
They then blew north and south,
The sea was smooth the sea was rough,
And it ope'd its yawning mouth.
We shifted sail and tacked and turned
To please the powers that be,
Until we reached that selfsame coast
In latitude twenty-three.
To please the powers that be,
Until we reached that selfsame coast
In latitude twenty-three.
And there we hung upon that sea
As we had done before,
As lifeless as a phantom ship
Beside a phantom shore.
As we had done before,
As lifeless as a phantom ship
Beside a phantom shore.
Then once again there came a speck
From out the brazen south,
And once again his steeds rose up
When Neptune blew his breath.
From out the brazen south,
And once again his steeds rose up
When Neptune blew his breath.
We did not hear the demon come,
It came with noiseless feet,
Until the sea about the ship
Was all one boiling sheet.
It came with noiseless feet,
Until the sea about the ship
Was all one boiling sheet.
Until the tempest struck the ship
And stripped her of her sails,
Until the monsters of the deep
Were pouring o'er our rails.
And stripped her of her sails,
Until the monsters of the deep
Were pouring o'er our rails.
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