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