There was a little ship and she sailed on the sea
And the name of the ship was the Turkish Revelee
Ah, she sailed down in that lonely, lonesome water
Ah, she sailed on the lonesome sea

Up stepped a little sailor saying what’ll you give to me
To sink that ship to the bottom of the sea
If I sink her in that lonely, lonesome water
If I sink her in the lonesome sea

Well, I have a house and I have some land
And I have a daughter that shall be at your command
If you sink her in the lonely, lonesome water
If you sink her in the lonesome sea

He bowed on his breast and away swam he
And he swum till he came to the Turkish Revelee
She sailed on that lonely, lonesome water
As she sailed in the lonesome sea

He had a little awl, all made for to bore
And he bored nine holes in the bottom of the floor
And he sank her in the lonely, lonesome water
Ah, he sunk her in the lonesome sea

He bowed on his breast and away swum he
And he swum till he came to the Golden Willow Tree
As she sailed in the lonely, lonesome water
As she sailed in the lonesome sea

Captain o' Captain, will you be good as your word
Or either take me up on board, for I've ---
Sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
Ah, I've sunk her in the lonesome sea

“No, I won't be as good as my word
Or neither will I take you up on board
Though you've sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
Though you've sunk the in the lonesome sea”

If it were not for the love I bear your men
I’d sink you the same just as I sank them, ah I’d
Sink you in that lonely, lonesome water
Yes I'd sink you in the lonely sea

He bowed on his breast and downward sunk he
A-bidding a farewell to the Golden Willow Tree
He sunk in that lonely, lonesome water
O, he sunk in the lonely sea