The flowers of Bermuda

Stan Rogers

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(silence) He was the cap__-tain of the Nightingale_ Twenty-one days__ from Clyde in coal_ He_ could smell_ the flow_-e-ers_ of Bermuda in the gale_ O_ when he_ died_ on the North_ Rock_ shoal_ Just five short hou__-rs from Bermu_-u_-da_ In_ a fine__ October gale_ There came a cry_ "Oh_ there_ be breakers dead ahead_ From the col_-lier_ Nigh_-tingale_ No sooner had__ the cap_-tain brought her round_ Came_ a ren__-ding_ crash below_ Hard on her beam_ ends_ groaning_ went the Nightingale_ And overside her mainmast goes_ "O captain are__ we all for drow_-o_-ning"_ Came_ a cry__ from all_ the crew_ "The boats be smashed! How are_ we all then to be saved?_ They are stove_ in_ through and through_ O are ye brave__ and hardy collier men_ Or are you blind__ and cannot see_ The cap_-tain's_ gig_ still lies_ before ye whole and sound_ And it shall car_-ry_ all_ of we_ (here we go!) He was the cap__-tain of the Nightingale_ Twenty-one days__ from Clyde in coal_ He_ could smell_ the flow_-e-ers_ of Bermuda in the gale_ O_ when he_ died_ on the North_ Rock_ shoal_ But when the crew_ were all assemble-bled_ And the gig_ prepared for sea_ 'Twas seen there were_ but_ eighteen places to be manned_ And nineteen mor_-tal souls were we_ But cries the captain_ "now do not delay_ Nor do you spare__ a thought for me_ My duty is_ to_ save you all now if I can_ see ye return_ quick as can be_ He was the cap__-tain of the Nightingale_ Twenty-one days__ from Clyde in coal_ He_ could smell_ the flow_-e-ers_ of Bermuda in the gale_ O_ when he_ died_ on the North_ Rock_ shoal_ (silence) Oh_ there be flo__-wers in Bermu_-u_-da_ Beauty lies_ on every hand_ And there be laugh_-ter ease and drink there for every man_ But there is_ no_ joy_ for me_ For when we reached_ the wretched Nightingale_ What_ an aw__-ful sight was plain_ O the captain_ drowned_ was tangled in the mizzen chains_ Smiling bra_-vely beneath the sea_ He was the cap__-tain of the Nightingale_ Twenty-one days__ from Clyde in coal_ He_ could smell_ the flow_-e-ers_ of Bermuda in the gale_ O_ when he_ died_ on the North_ Rock_ shoal_ He was the cap__-tain of the Nightingale_ Twenty-one days__ from Clyde in coal_ He_ could smell_ the flow_-e-ers_ of Bermuda in the gale_ O_ when he_ died_ on the North_ Rock_ shoal_ He was the cap__-tain of the Nightingale_ Twenty-one days__ from Clyde in coal_ He_ could smell_ the flow_-e-ers_ of Bermuda in the gale_ O_ when he_ died_ on the North_ Rock_ shoal_

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