Song | A Salty Dog - Live |
Artist | Procol Harum |
Album | Live In Concert with The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra |
(brooker / reid) | |
'all hands on deck, we've run afloat!' i heard the captain cry | |
'explore the ship, replace the cook:let no one leave alive!' | |
Across the straits, around the horn:how far can sailors fly? | |
A twisted path, our tortured course, and no one left alive | |
We sailed for parts unknown to man, where ships come home to die | |
No lofty peak, nor fortress bold, could match our captain's eye | |
Upon the seventh seasick day we made our port of call | |
A sand so white, and sea so blue, no mortal place at all | |
We fired the gun, and burnt the mast, and rowed from ship to shore | |
The captain cried, we sailors wept: our tears were tears of joy | |
Now many moons and many junes have passed since we made land | |
A salty dog, this seaman's log: your witness my own hand |
brooker reid | |
' all hands on deck, we' ve run afloat!' i heard the captain cry | |
' explore the ship, replace the cook: let no one leave alive!' | |
Across the straits, around the horn: how far can sailors fly? | |
A twisted path, our tortured course, and no one left alive | |
We sailed for parts unknown to man, where ships come home to die | |
No lofty peak, nor fortress bold, could match our captain' s eye | |
Upon the seventh seasick day we made our port of call | |
A sand so white, and sea so blue, no mortal place at all | |
We fired the gun, and burnt the mast, and rowed from ship to shore | |
The captain cried, we sailors wept: our tears were tears of joy | |
Now many moons and many junes have passed since we made land | |
A salty dog, this seaman' s log: your witness my own hand |