Tossed in the seas in a furious wind
Where the sail is free and there begins
A tale of woe, and then a tale of fate
About a float when ships are late
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the Devil you go
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the briny deep
The boat was tossed in the turn tide
Hull split open on the starboard side
Not a soul was left, but the bloated hides
Found adrift on the open seas
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the Devil you go
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to that final sleep
As the waves rushed in to claim their own
Lungs filled up with a salty foam
Well they prayed to Jesus, but he wasn't home
He got hung up on calvary
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the Devil you go
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the posen's keep
Where their widows mourn and their daughters grieve
And their sons set out on the morrow's eve
For the ocean has tricks held in its sleeve
Enough for the filial few
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the Devil you go
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the briny deep
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the Devil you go
Yo ho, yo ho
Down to the briny deep
