The "Bold Benjamin"
sł. trad.
mel. trad. "The Bold Benjamin"
Brave Admiral Cole he's gone to sea - Oh, me boys Oh!
Brave Admiral Cole he's gone to sea - Oh!
Brave Admiral Cole he's gone to sea
Along of our ship's company
On board the "Bold Benjamin" - Oh!
We sai-led our course away for Spain - Oh, me boys Oh!
We sailed our course away for Spain - Oh!
We sai-led our course away for Spain
Our silver and gold for to gain
On board the "Bold Benjamin" - Oh!
And when we came to Blackwall - Oh, me boys Oh!
And when we came to Blackwall - Oh!
And when we came to Blackwall
Our captain so loudly did call:
Here comes the "Bold Benjamin" - Oh!
We sail-ed out five hundred men - Oh, me boys Oh!
We sailed out five hundred men - Oh!
We sail-ed out five hundred men
And brought back but sixty one.
They were lost in "Bold Benjamin" - Oh!
Here's the mother's crying for their sons - Oh me boys Oh!
Here's the mother's crying for their sons - Oh!
Here's the mother's crying for their sons
And the widows for their husbands.
That were lost in "Bold Benjamin" - Oh!
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