The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite
She lay in Plymouth sound
Blue Peter on the foremast peak
For we were outward bound
We were waiting there for orders
To send us far from home
Our orders came for Rio
And then to round Cape Horn

When we arrived in Rio
We prepared for heavy gale
We bent on all new rigging
And likewise all new sails
From ship to ship they cheered us
As we did sail along
And they wished us pleasant weather
In the rounding of Cape Horn

While beating through Magellan's Strait
It blew exceeding hard
While short'ning sail two gallant tars
Fell from the topmost yard
By angry seas the ropes we threw
From their poor hands were torn
And we had to leave them to the sharks
That prowl around Cape Horn

When we around the Horn me boys
We had some glorious days
And very soon our killick dropped
In Valparaiso bay
Them pretty girls come down in flocks
I solemnly declare
They are far before them Plymouth girls
With their dark and curly hair

And they love a jolly sailor boy
When he spends his money free
They laugh and sing and very merry be
And have a jovial spree
And when your money it is all gone
They won't on you impose
They are not like them Plymouth girls
Who will steal and p___ your clothes

So farewell to Valparaiso
And farewell for awhile
And likewise to those Spanish girls
Along the coast of Chile
And if ever I live to be paid off
I'll sit and I'll sing this song
God bless those pretty Spanish girls
We left around Cape Horn

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