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Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
The bosun brained with a marlinspike
And cookey's throat was marked belike
It had been gripped by fingers ten
And there they lay, all good dead men
Like break o'day in a boozing ken
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

The skipper lay with his nob in gore
Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore
And the scullion he was stabbed times four
And there they lay, and the soggy skies
Dripped down in up-staring eyes
In murk sunset and foul sunrise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Ten of the crew had the murder mark
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red
And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes
Looking up at paradise
All souls bound just contrawise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Fifteen men of 'em good and true
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum


There was chest on chest of Spanish gold
With a ton of plate in the middle hold
And the cabins riot of stuff untold,
And they lay there that took the plum
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

More was seen through a sternlight screen...
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Chartings undoubt where a woman had been
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

'Twas a flimsy shift on a bunker cot
With a dirk slit sheer through the bosom spot
And the lace stiff dry in a purplish blot
Oh was she wench or some shudderin' maid
That dared the knife and took the blade
By God she had stuff for a plucky jade
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.

We wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight
With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight
And we heaved 'em over and out of sight,
With a Yo-Heave-Ho and a fare-you-well
And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell
Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Пятнадцать взяли сундук на борт
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром.
Пей, остальное управит черт
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром.
И боцман проткнул одного ножом,
А боцману вышибли мозг багром,
А кок, задушенный под столом,
На глотке его рядком синяки,
И вот они, храбрые моряки,
Валяются, словно мешки с тряпьем
Иль утром пьянь в кабаке дрянном
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром

Судовая роль на пятнадцать имен.
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром.
И каждый проклят и заклеймен
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром.
Топором поварским капитан сражен,
Поваренок зарезан его ножом,
У него четыре дыры в груди,
И в глаза им серое небо глядит,
И кропит водой но не пробудит
Ни закат, ни рассвет тех, кто был убит -
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром.

Пятнадцать закоченевших тел -
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром.
Иной защищался, иной не успел
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром.
Но никто от смерти спастись не смог
Один словил пулю, другой клинок,
Алой кровью забрызганы бак и ют,
Все валяются мертвые, мать твою
И хотя глаза их в небо глядят -
Все их души взапуски мчатся в ад.
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром

Пятнадцать их было, лихих парней -
Йо-хо-хо, и в бутылке ром.
И казалось, нет команды дружней
Йо-хо-хо, и буты