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