eastindiamen

oh the tryall sank north-west of australia

in skiff and longboat

officers prevailed

left to drown no wonder

close to brave one hundred

sailors rest now at tryal rocks

left to drown no wonder

close to brave one hundred

sailors rest now at tryal rocks

oh the earl was sailed by captain john wordsworth

sunk in the napoleonic wars

the hull was torn asunder

over a two hundred

in the channel drowned and disappeared

the hull was torn asunder

over a two hundred

in the channel drowned and disappeared

eastindiamen

never to return

we greieve our missing friends

swallowed by the waves at sea

oh the doddington was bound for india

struck a rock off port elisabeth

oh the ship went under

out of all three hundred

twenty-seven made it back alive

oh the ship went under

out of all three hundred

twenty-seven made it back alive

oh william molesworth sailed the amiston

at the cape of good hope swallowed by the sea

in the storm and thunder

nearly all four hundred

lost their lives while swimming for the shore

in the storm and thunder

nearly all four hundred

lost their lives while swimming for the shore

eastindiamen

never to return

we greieve our missing friends

swallowed by the waves at sea