The Gallant Frigate Amphitrite

Her gallant frigate Amphitrite
She lay in Plymouth Sound
Blue Peter at her foremast head
For we were outward bound
We was waiting there for orders
To send us far from home
Our orders they come for Rio
And thence around Cape Horn
When we arrived in Rio
We prepared for heavy gales
We bent on our new rigging, me boys
Bent on our new sails
From ship to ship they cheered us
As we did sail along
And they wished us pleasant weather
In the rounding of Cape Horn
In beating off Magellan Strait
It blew exceeding hard
While shorting sail to gallant tugs
They fell from the top sail yard
By angry seas the ropes we threw
From their poor hands was torn
We was forced for to leave 'em to the sharks
That prowl around Cape Horn
Now when we got round the horn, my boys
We had some glorious days
And very soon our calico dropped
In Valparaiso Bay
Them pretty girls come down in flocks
I solemnly declare
That they're far before them Plymouth gals
With their long and curling hair
Because they love the jolly sailor
When he spends his money free
They laugh, they sing, they merry merry be
They enjoy a jovial spree
And when your money it is all gone
They won't on you impose
They are not like them Plymouth gals
As'll pawn and sell your clothes
So it's farewell to Valparaiso
And farewell for a while
Likewise to all them pretty Spanish gals
All along the coast of Chile
If ever I live to be paid off
I'd sit and I'll sing this song
God bless all them pretty Spanish gals
We left around Cape Horn