Eight Bells lyrics

[Verse 1]
"This will be your home, me boys, so I trust you'll treat her right,"
Was how the Captain's speech began, each voyage's first night
He smiled, said "It's tradition, but I ask that you refrain
From carving your name in the beam next to her lofty main."

The first night I was there her mates held me in the air
And let me carve my name with theirs to show that I was there
From boy to man we grew up as across the waves we roamed
As she burned we sobbed likе sons who'd lost their childhood home

[Chorus]
Eight bells rang out in Dovеr, eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool and Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale, eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau, the night the Merry Widow went down

[Verse 2]
As a mere midshipman's mate I'd stare up at that beam
And knew that every name I saw once shared with me a dream
Some of them so faded, just a memory and a scratch
But they grew much clearer with every new batch

She made sure we made it back to the lands we'd known
And with the tide we'd all return to the vessel we called home
There were parts we could have salvaged but I think we all agreed
That she deserved the honor of a burial at sea!
[Chorus]
Eight bells rang out in Dover, eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool and Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale, eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau, the night the Merry Widow went down

[Verse 3]
By the time I was the bosun, the list was three yards long
Though she had seen so many years she still stood tall and strong
From our names she took her spirit, bold and strong and true and
She raced the wind and never failed her brave and loyal crew!

The ship she never foundered and her defenses never breached
No matter her port of call her goal was always reached
When we were told her day had come and she had sailed her last
That they would tear her down for scrap we couldn't let that pass!

[Chorus]
Eight bells rang out in Dover, eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool and Down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale, eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau, the night the Merry Widow went down

[Verse 4]
Through our grief we swore an oath that we'd carry out our plan
And damn the risk we would push on to the strength of our last man
And as we stared at all the names of those that came before
We cut the line and stole that ship and sailed her out once more!
Beyond the reef we sailed her and set our love alight
We jumped ship and watched her burn from the shore that night
As she sank beneath the waves we knew one thing for sure
She made more of a mark on us than we ever did on her!

[Outro]
Eight bells rang out in Dover, eight bells rang out in Wales
Eight bells rang out in Liverpool and down to Murphy's Scales
Eight bells rang out in Port Royale, eight bells rang out in Boston town
Eight bells rang out in Nassau, the night the Merry Widow went down...

Eight bells rang out…
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Eight bells rang out…
Eight bells rang out…
Eight bells rang out…
The night the Merry Widow went down
The night the Merry Widow went down