Strait Of Magellan

Good evening, loved one, love dearest o'mine
Don't shiver, don't shudder, ere morning is nigh
I'll tell, yes I'll tell of my direful Fate
That met me in the waters of Magellan's strait

I say to thee, loved one, my tattered soul
Has wandered hither on the gloomiest road
I've strayed on so many a lonesome path
'Cause fate does not dither to send upon men her wrath

No, God seldom alters his plans, our fate
We all have to linger, we all have to wait
And death roams the waters of Magellan's strait

The Pious's prayer's redeeming his soul
When the labourous crossings are heavy to thole
We were aiming for Rio when Neptune's wrath struck
The tempest was sudden, thus ended my luck

The Mizzen went first by a splintering roar
The ship was a-shivering from poop deck to fore
I prayed to the Virgin, to the mother of God
If rich men are to live, why can't thou save my life?
Save me poor sod

No, God seldom alters his plans, our fate
We all have to linger, we all have to wait
And death roams the waters of Magellan's strait

As we tumbled thar through the Strait
I was struck by a loose-cutted crate
Then I fell in the sea by a spate (yes, by a spate)

Don't mourn for me, loved one, no reason to cry
I've wandered the oceans, in shadows I lie
Thou wilt go in life, the sea be my grave
My requiem solemly sung by the thunderous wave

No, God seldom alters his plans, our fate
We all have to linger, we all have to wait
And death roams the waters of Magellan's strait