Many years so many years
We've been sailing sailing on the seas
Those ships distant lands
Went through storms and laid and laid so still
Graveyards dark stars
Some lonely princess far away
Distant islands silent harbours
Boys and girls and girls and boys they dance
We will take a chance to
Send you in a trance to
Flatter all these ladies
Braver than the rest
Our companions trusting in
Great delights or wasted wasted time
Sometimes dark and sometimes light
Very cold but so warm inside
Many years so many years
We've been sailing sailing on the seas
Those ships distant lands
Went through storms and laid and laid so still
We will take a chance to
Send you in a trance to
Flatter all these ladies
Braver than the rest