[Verse 1]
There was a little ship
And she sailed upon the sea
And the name of that ship
Was the Turkish Reveille
[Chorus]
Oh she sailed out on that lonely, lonesome water
Oh she sailed out on that lonesome sea
[Verse 2]
Up stepped a little sailor
Saying; "What'll ya give to me
If I sink that ship
In the bottom of the sea?"
[Chorus]
Oh I'll sink her in that lonely, lonesome water
Oh I'll sink her that lonesome sea
[Verse 3]
Oh I have a house
And I have land
And I have a daughter
That shall be at your command
[Chorus]
If you'll sink her in that lonely, lonesome water
If you'll sink her in that lonesome sea
[Verse 4]
So he's bowed on his breast
And away swum he
He swum till he came
To the Turkish Reveille
[Chorus]
As she sailed out on that lonely, lonesome water
As she sailed out on that lonesome sea
[Verse 5]
He had a little awl
All made for the bore
And he bored nine holes
In the bottom of the floor
[Chorus]
Oh he sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
Oh he sunk her in that lonesome sea
[Verse 6]
So he's bowed on his breast
And away swum he
He swum till he came to
The Golden Willow Tree
[Chorus]
Where she sailed out on that lonely, lonesome water
Where she sailed out on that lonesome sea
[Verse 7]
Saying, "Captain oh captain
Will you be as good as your words?
Or either will you
Take me up on board?"
[Chorus]
For I've sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
For I've sunk her in that lonesome sea
[Verse 8]
"No I shall not
Be as good as my word
Or neither will I
Take you up on board"
[Chorus]
Though you've sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
Though you’ve sunk her in that lonesome sea
[Verse 9]
"If it were not for the love
That I bear unto your men
I'd sink you the same
Just as I have sunk them"
[Chorus]
Oh I'd sink you in that lonely, lonesome water
Oh I'd sink you in that lonesome sea
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 10]
So he's bowed on his breast
And down sunk he
Bidding farewell to
The Golden Willow Tree
[Chorus]
Oh he sunk down in that lonely, lonesome water
Oh he sunk down in that lonesome sea
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