[Verse 1]
Oh it's Nancy of Yarmouth, she's my joy and delight
It's all a kind letter, I am going to write
It is to inform you, what we undergo
Oh, on the salt sea boys, where the stormy winds blow
[Verse 2]
It happened one night, after it grew quite dark
[?] captain, he showed us the mark
The mark that he showed us, it appeared in the sky
How he showed us, how he told us, that the storm was nearby
[Verse 3]
It came rattling down like thunder, and it tossed us about
Twas many a bold seamen, with hearts bold and stout
To stand shivering and shaking, [?]
One moment on the ocean, and the next in the air
[Verse 4]
A ship in distress, is a most dismal sight
Like an army of soldiers, a-going to fight
A soldier he can fight, my boys, by the sound of his drum
While the sailor is [?] to a watery doom
What can I do for him? So far from the shore
I will wait for my sailor, what can I do more?
