Verse
Cm
Come all you hearty shellbacks,
Gm
And listen to me tale,
Ab D#
Of most majestic worthiness
A# Gm
That ever defied a gale;
Cm
The greatest vessel of her kind
Gm
That ever a man did see,
Ab D#
She was the mighty clipper ship,
Gm Cm
The Sovereign of the Seas.
[Verse 2]
Cm
It’s Boston eighteen fifty-two,
Gm
The yards of Donald McKay,
Ab D#
He built the biggest clipper ship
A# Gm
To ever launch down the ways;
Cm
His reputation on the line,
Gm
His money ventured too;
Ab D#
But he would laugh the last,
Gm Cm
He’d show them he was true.
[Chorus]
Cm Gm
She crossed the line and doubled the Horn,
A# D#
She lived to chase a breeze;
Fm Gm
She was the mighty clipper ship
Ab A# Cm
The Sovereign of the Seas.
[Verse 3]
Cm
Her frame of seasoned white oak,
Gm
Her lines were sharp and long,
Ab D#
Her backbone, knees and keelson,
A# Gm
She was so stout and strong;
Cm
Two hundred sixty-five feet
Gm
She reached from stem to stern,
Ab D#
Twelve thousand yards of canvas
Gm Cm
All for the wind did yearn.
[Verse 4]
Cm
With Neptune ‘neath the bowsprit,
Gm
She cut the waves so fine,
Ab D#
She swept into New York me boys
A# Gm
To work for the Swallowtail line;
Cm
No ship to date had stowed so much
Gm
Down in the hold,
Ab D#
Three thousand tons of goods below
Gm Cm
Took thirty days to load.
[Chorus]
Cm Gm
She crossed the line and doubled the Horn,
A# D#
She lived to chase a breeze;
Fm Gm
She was the mighty clipper ship
Ab A# Cm
The Sovereign of the Seas.
[Verse 5]
Cm
The water-gazers all along
Gm
The battery did stare,
Ab D#
As she filled her sails to windward
A# Gm
In the sunlight’s golden glare;
Cm
Then outward bound for ‘Frisco
Gm
And the screaming westerlies,
Ab D#
Across the line and round the Horn
Gm Cm
Through the Roaring Forties.
[Verse 6]
Cm
The gale took half the rigging,
Gm
We’ll fix it underway,
Ab D#
We’ll weather any sea
A# Gm
The skipper did boldly say;
Cm
Don’t mind the boarding combers,
Gm
As the solid green she ships,
Ab D#
We’ll throw up some more canvas
Gm Cm
Then we’ll punch her through the rips.
[Chorus]
Cm Gm
She crossed the line and doubled the Horn,
A# D#
She lived to chase a breeze;
Fm Gm
She was the mighty clipper ship
Ab A# Cm
The Sovereign of the Seas.
[Instrumental]
Cm Gm
A# D#
Fm Gm
Ab A# Cm
Cm Gm
A# D#
Fm Gm
Ab A# Cm
[Verse 7]
Cm
Sailing into ‘Frisco Bay,
Gm
G hundred three days out,
Ab D#
The crowds along the waterfront
A# Gm
They shouted and danced about;
Cm
Payday brought a bonus
Gm
For all the men on board,
Ab D#
G hundred thousand for the ship
Gm Cm
That voyages reward.
[Verse 8]
Cm
Then to the Sandwich Isles
Gm
For a load of oil and bone,
Ab D#
Eight thousand barrels of whale oil
A# Gm
First clipper to bring it home;
Cm
Eighty-two days later
Gm
G record to New York,
Ab D#
She earned her keep for Donald McKay
Gm Cm
Sailing from port to port.
[Chorus]
Cm Gm
She crossed the line and doubled the Horn,
A# D#
She lived to chase a breeze;
Fm Gm
She was the mighty clipper ship
Ab A# Cm
The Sovereign of the Seas.
[Verse 9]
Cm
Leaving records in her wake
Gm
And cargo round the world,
Ab D#
G ship ahead of her time
A# Gm
With all her sails unfurled;
Cm
From Bombay to Ampoa,
Gm
London to Shanghai,
Ab D#
She flew across the waters
Gm Cm
The world of sea and sky.
[Verse 10]
Cm
But under heavy canvas,
Gm
She foundered in a gale,
Ab D#
She wrecked upon the Pyramid shoals
A# Gm
And none to tell the tale,
Cm
‘Twas but her seventh summer,
Gm
Cut short her glorious reign,
Ab D#
But those who burn the brightest
Gm Cm
Oft flash the briefest flame.
[Chorus]
Cm Gm
She crossed the line and doubled the Horn,
A# D#
She lived to chase a breeze;
Fm Gm
She was the mighty clipper ship
Ab A# Cm
The Sovereign of the Seas.
[Chorus]
Cm Gm
She crossed the line and doubled the Horn,
A# D#
She lived to chase a breeze;
Fm Gm
She was the mighty clipper ship
Ab A# Cm
The Sovereign of the Seas.
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