It happened on a certain day,
When the Rammelly was forced away;
When the wind came down a dreadful shock,
And the sea broke over her fore-top.
When the wind came down a dreadful shock,
And the sea broke over her fore-top.
Helm's a-lee, our ship won't stay,
It carried our fore-mast clean away;
She won't stay nor yet won't wear,
Nor gather any headway for to steer.
She won't stay nor yet won't wear,
Nor gather any headway for to steer.
Our captain he cried, "Bold Britons all,
Come listen awhile as I do call;
La'nch out your boats your lives to save,
Or else the sea will prove your grave.
La'nch out your boats your lives to save,
Or else the sea will prove your grave."
Overboard our boats they tossed,
Some got in and some got lost;
There were some in one and some more in another,
The ones down below they all got smothered.
There were some in one and some more in another,
The ones down below they all got smothered.
When this sad news from Plymouth came,
The Rammelly was lost and all her men;
There were only nine left to tell the tale,
How she behavèd in the gale.
There were only nine left to tell the tale,
How she behavèd in the gale.
Come all you pretty fair maids and weep with me,
Who lost your lovers in the Rammelly;
May the Lord restore them when they cry,
And send them glory from on high!
May the Lord restore them when they cry,
And send them glory from on high!
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