V. Coda lyrics
by Dave Malloy
[Pip, sung]
When at last the whaleboat found him
After an hour in the void
Pip was gone
Pip was gone
[Ahab]
Come now Pip
Thou canst come with me
There are sweet things inside of (?)
Get the blacksmith, have him rivet our hands together
[Pip]
O thou big, black or white God
Aloft in the darkness up there
Have mercy on this white or black boy
Left behind on the sea down here
[Pip & Ishmael]
This small boy
Who is gone