I was a sailor for the king

Had a wife and family

What seems like a lifetime ago

It's all coming back to me

Time when I was free

When love meant more to me

Than gold

I had my ship, I had my crew

We were young, brave and true

Sailed the seas for far too long

But what it came to be
Is a life of misery
When we found the curse of old

Yo ho, we row
To find the cursed gold

Yo ho, we row
To free our cursed souls

Now we sail the seven seas

No home or family

Searching for the cursed gold

In this endless misery

We seek our liberty

Every night we sing along

Yo ho, we row
To find the cursed gold

Yo ho, we row
To free our cursed souls

You and I used to meet on the crowded street;
High on absinthe and all distilled so sweet.
Under a doorway lit by a single bulb:
You asked me if I could give you my love.
Sir I cannot give what I do not feel –
So don't ask and ask you wax me ill.
Yet, I should think there a girl
who might take pity on you –
Who'd love you like you know
I could never do.
Nell or Nan won't give you trouble
like you know I would;
Their love is free, which I'm sure you deserve.
Now, let's shake hands and
call ourselves “friend”.
For all things start and
all things must end.
I shall say our time together was
that most pleasant.
Remember me well and
harbor no resentment.
But why you go ‘round and say
that I have no heart?
It don't make sense
– you want what you say I ain't got.
C’mon, now, sir.
Now, I said I could not love you
and that I mean.
Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me.

Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me.
            She ain't said never better wait and see.
Ain't no man gonna put a rope around me.
            She ain't said never better wait and see.