Classic Yankee Clipper Lyrics & Chords By The Starboard List

I can well recall the first time I ever put to sea, It was on the old "Calcutta" in eighteen fifty-three. I was just a lad of fourteen years, a midshipman to be To make my way in...read more

Come all you wild young men and a warning take by me Never lead your single life astray or into bad company As I myself have done, being all in the month of May When I, as...read more

He was singing about Valparaiso Singing as though in a dream White sandy beaches And warm gentle breeze Palm trees that reach to The blue southern seas And he sang...read more

Trying to read her palm With a clenched fist Calling out for whatever's in store Asking 'God, did the Devil Put you up to this Whatever it is I can't take it any more' She...read more

I met her in Venezuela With a basket on her head And if she loved others Well she didn't say But I knew she'd do to pass away To pass away the time in Venezuela To pass...read more