Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike
The bosun brained with a marlinspike
And cookey's throat was marked belike
It had been gripped by fingers ten
And there they lay, all good dead men
Like break o'day in a boozing ken.
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
. Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
The skipper lay with his nob in gore
Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore
And the scullion he was stabbed times four
And there they lay, and the soggy skies
Dripped down in up-staring eyes
In murk sunset and foul sunrise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Ten of the crew had the murder mark
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red
And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes
Looking up at paradise
All souls bound just contrariwise
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men of 'em good and true
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
There was chest on chest of Spanish gold
With a ton of plate in the middle hold
And the cabins riot of stuff untold,
And they lay there that took the plum
With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb
While we shared all by the rule of thumb,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
More was seen through a sternlight screen...
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Chartings undoubt where a woman had been
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
'Twas a flimsy shift on a bunker cot
With a dirk slit sheer through the bosom spot
And the lace stiff dry in a purplish blot
Oh was she wench or some shudderin' maid
That dared the knife and took the blade
By God she had stuff for a plucky jade
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
We wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight
With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight
And we heaved 'em over and out of sight,
With a Yo-Heave-Ho and a fare-you-well
And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell
Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
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Пятнадцать человек на сундук мертвеца
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома
Пей и дьявол тебя доведет до конца
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома
Помощника капитана пригвоздили боцманской пикой
Боцману вышибли мозги свайкой (драйком)
А на глотке кока отметины, как будто
Ее сжали всеми десятью пальцами
И здесь они лежат все славные мертвецы
Как будто наступило утро в кабаке
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома.
Пятнадцать человек из всей корабельной команды
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома
Мертвы и прокляты, а остальные рискнули сыграть
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома
Шкипер лежит голова в крови
Где топор поваренка опустился на его щеку
А поваренка проткнули четыре раза
И здесь они лежат и мокрые небеса
Стекают в их уставившиеся вверх глаза
В мрачном закате и мерзком восходе
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома
Пятнадцать человек из них окоченело
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома
На десятерых из команды клеймо убийц
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома
Это был удар абордажной саблей или унция свинца
Или зияющая дыра в разбитой голове
И шпигат насыщен гнилостным красным
И здесь они лежат, да, будь прокляты мои глаза
Смотрят вверх на рай
Но души их всех привязаны к аду
Йо-хо-хо и бутылка рома
Пятнадцать человек из них хорошие и праведные
Йо-хо-хо
