Lyrics
LET HER GO DOWN (Peter Knight)
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”