From ‘Sea Shanties’, Volume 29.

Made a raft of dead men

Floated out to sea

Saw corpses moored in Thesbia

Flotillas at rest in Crete

hey da roll,da rolling yo

hey da roll my darling

Made a raft of dead men

Sailed to kingdom come

Sold sugar and spice to Phrygians

Saw battles lost and won

hey da roll,da rolling yo

hey da roll my darling

Made a raft of dead men

Their bellies bloated with air

Kept me above the sharks

And the evil that dwells down there

hey da roll,da rolling yo

hey da roll my darling

Made a raft of dead men

To sail me home to you

Though I smell of putrefaction

I have nothing but good to do

hey da roll,da rolling yo

hey da roll my darling

© shaun patrick green 2012