To the Fiend of the Seven Seas,
To the Print of the Dead Man’s Thumb;
To a Curse at Death with a dying breath,
Here’s Death in a Draught of Rum!
Here’s to Hell, toss it off in a quaff, lads,
Drink the health of the Devil and laugh, lads,
Pledge the tale of the Wheat and the Chaff, lads,
Here’s to Hell!
To the Dead in the Dismal Sea,
To the Bleaching Bones on the Beach,
To a hate-born stroke of the Valiant Folk
And the Tunes that the Sea can teach!
Here’s the Sea, for her grey clutch has got ye,
May her salt kisses poison and rot ye,
By the Soul of the Beast who begot ye,
Here’s the sea!
To a slash at the Heart of a Don,
To the Port that never may be,
Drink deep to the Ghosts of the Spanish Hosts,
Who loom in the Mists of the Sea!
Here’s to Hell, toss it off in a quaff, lads,
Drink the health of the Devil and laugh, lads,
Pledge the tale of the Wheat and the Chaff, lads,
Here’s to Hell!