Amanda Ruth

Sometime in October

We sailed from England's shore

When we sailed into a raging storm

Like I've never ever seen before

And all of the crew, they were brave men

But the captain, he was braver

He said: Never mind the ship, me boys

There's none of us here can save her

Chorus (after each verse):

Let her go down

Swim for your lives

Swim for your children

Swim for your wives

But let her go down

Just let her go down

Lost in the open ocean

There were some of the crew and me

While the captain steered our wounded ship

To the bottom of an angry sea

And with his dying breath we all heard him say

Just the fortunes of a sailor

And he said: Never mind the ship, me boys

There's none of us here can save her

I wondered if my shipmates

had been lost in that lonely sea

So I called their names out one by one

But there was no-one else around but me

As the ship went down in the fading light

I knew we could've saved her

I know the captain lied when the captain cried,

There's none of us here can save her