Lyrics

Heave ho my mates and enemies Hoist your sails up high Heave ho my lads and gentlemen Get ready to run on up high And there mud in your bilge Blood in your stools heave ho a drink rum Heave ho the life of my lost memories Heave ho and don’t look back again Get ready to get old and die And the people will gather to say goodbye so let’s hope none wish bad of you or your memory Set sail my kin, across the somber tides Leave your fears and your sorrows dockside Heave ho, my hearts, embrace the endless sky Beneath the flag of black, we wave our last goodbye In the dead of night (dead of night) We chase the moon's embrace (moon's embrace) Oh we've sailed the sea (sailed the sea) Fought the storms with pride (storms with pride) Heave ho, my souls, our tales are scribed (tales are scribed) In each waning tide (waning tide) [Chorus] For the mates we've lost (mates we've lost), pour the rum (pour the rum) Heave ho, drink deep, till the kingdom come (kingdom come) Raise a toast to the sky (to the sky) Where the lost seafarers lie (seafarers lie) Hear the gulls mournful cry (mournful cry) As they circle the masts high (masts high) In the silence of the waves (of the waves) In the whispers of the graves (of the graves) So Heave ho my kin & shipmates, and raise your arm (and drink for me) To best remember those days, be merry and sing a song (to sing along) Oh sing me a song, a mournful song (mournful song) To honour all those that come (and have done been here and gone) So heave ho my mates, for their race is run, I hope it was fun If only for a while (for a while) Until we can next meet (oh next meet) Heave ho to our souls, hmm humm da dah Hmm hmm hum da doom (dom dom doom bbum bum) Humm hmm hmmm (until the end) Humm hmm hmmmm (heave ho my mates) Hmmm dah da dumm (hmm hum hmm) Ohh heave ho (hmm humm hmm)