Come all ye seamen bold, lend an ear, lend an ear, Come all ye seamen bold, lend an ear. Tis of our admirals fame, Brave Benbow wuz his name. How he fought upon the main, ye shall hear!
Brave Benbow he set sail fer to fight, fer to fight! Brave Benbow he set sail fer to fight! Brave Benbow he set sail, In a brisk an’ pleasant gale, But his cap’ens they turned tails in a fright, in a fright!
Sais Kirby unto Wade, ‘We will run! We will run! Sais Kirby unto Wade, ‘We will run! For I value no disgrace, Nor the losing of my place, But the Frenchmen I’ll not face with a gun, with a gun!’
‘Twuz t’ Ruby an’ Noah’s Arc, fought the French, fought the French. ‘Twuz t’ Ruby an’ Noah’s Arc, fought the French. An’ there wuz ten in all, Poor souls they fought them all! They feared them not at all nor their stench, nor their stench!
The ‘Ruby’ an’ Benbow fought all the French, all the French. The ‘Ruby’ an’ Benbow fought all the French. They fought them up an’ down, Till the blood came tricklin’ down, Till the blood came tricklin’ down, in the trench, in the trench!
Brave Benbow lost his leg by chance shot, by chance shot. Brave Benbow lost his leg by chance shot. Brave Benbow lost his leg, An’ unto his men did beg, ‘Fight on, my brave boys, do. ‘Tis our lot, ‘Tis our lot!’
When the surgeon dressed his wounds, then he said, then he said. When the surgeon dressed his wounds, then he said ‘Have a cradle now in haste On my quarterdeck be placed, That my enimies I may face till I’m dead, till I’m dead!’
