Stan Rogers - The flowers of bermuda

^GHe was the ^Ccaptain ^Dof the Nightin^Ggale ^GTwenty-one ^Ddays from ^CClyde in ^Dcoal ^DHe could smell the ^Cflowers ^Dof ^GBermuda in the ^Cgale When he ^Ddied on the ^CNorth Rock ^Gshoal

Just five short ^Chours from ^DBer^Gmuda In a ^Dfine ^COctober ^Dgale O there came a ^Ccry, " Oh, ^Dthere be ^Gbreakers dead ^Cahead From the ^Dcollier ^CNightin^Dgale

No sooner ^Chad the ^Dcaptain brought her ^Ground, Then came a ^Drending ^Ccrash ^Dbelow Hard on her ^Cbeam ^Dends ^Ggroaning, went the Nightin^Cgale And over^Dside her ^Cmainmast ^Ggoes

"O captain ^Care ^Dwe all for drow^Gning," ^GCame a cry ^Dfrom ^Call the ^Dcrew ^D"The boats be ^Csmashed! How ^Dare we ^Gall then to be ^Csaved? They are ^Dstove in ^Cthrough and ^Dthrough

^GO are ye ^Cbrave and ^Dhardy collier ^Gmen ^GOr are you ^Dblind and ^Ccannot ^Dsee ^DO the captain's ^Cgig still ^Dlies ^Gbefore ye whole and ^Csound And it shall ^Dcarry ^Call of ^Gwe

^GHe was the ^Ccaptain ^Dof the Nightin^Ggale ^GTwenty-one ^Ddays from ^CClyde in ^Dcoal ^DHe could smell the ^Cflowers ^Dof ^GBermuda in the ^Cgale When he ^Ddied on the ^CNorth Rock ^Gshoal

But when the ^Ccrew were ^Dall ^Gassembled ^GAnd the ^Dgig ^Cprepared for ^Dsea 'Twas seen there ^Cwere but ^Deighteen ^Gplaces to be ^Cmanned And nineteen ^Dmortal ^Csouls were ^Dwe

But cries the ^Ccaptain," ^Dnow do not ^Gdelay ^GNor do you ^Dspare a ^Cthought for ^Dme ^DMy duty ^Cis to ^Dsave you ^Gall now if I ^Ccan see ye ^Dreturn quick ^Cas can ^Gbe

^GHe was the ^Ccaptain ^Dof the Nightin^Ggale ^GTwenty-one ^Ddays from ^CClyde in ^Dcoal ^DHe could smell the ^Cflowers ^Dof ^GBermuda in the ^Cgale When he ^Ddied on the ^CNorth Rock ^Gshoal

^GOh, there be ^Cflowers ^Din Ber^Gmuda ^GBeauty ^Dlies on ^Cevery ^Dhand And there be ^Claughter ^Dease and ^Gdrink there for every ^Cman But there ^Dis no ^Cjoy for ^Dme

^GFor when we ^Creached the ^Dwretched Nightin^Ggale ^GWhat an ^Dawful ^Csight was ^Dplain O the captain, ^Cdrowned, was ^Dtangled ^Gin the mizzen ^Cchains Smiling ^Dbravely ^Cbeneath the ^Gsea

^GHe was the ^Ccaptain ^Dof the Nightin^Ggale ^GTwenty-one ^Ddays from ^CClyde in ^Dcoal ^DHe could smell the ^Cflowers ^Dof ^GBermuda in the ^Cgale When he ^Ddied on the ^CNorth Rock ^Gshoal