parting song
Singer:ye banished privateers
hesperus heavenly sodality's parting
and the dead men lies shattered on the floor
where he left you when he swept you with the oar
the ghost of john dryden is leaning on the woodworks
he knows all the words but to no gain
'tis be too short a blessing
i will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
cause this ain't no time to dream
there in the dead of night a scooner is departing
she has turned her back on all the world
she's tied down and tired
but out there every sail shall be unfurled
one day i will take off my st brennan
untie him and i sink him in the sea
but now i must rise and i must travel
a homestead is not for you and me
i will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
cause this ain't no time to dream
a man fell down among the thieves
i'll bring him oil and wine
hostis humani generis he will be
indeed have i done all the things they have told you
now a prison hulk lies anchored in the bay
i shall be dragged back in chains to old england
where i'll three times meet the tide at wapping quay
i will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
cause this ain't no time to dream