The Bay Of Biscay
Andrew Cherry early 1800's 

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com

Loud roared the dreadful thunder
The rain a deluge showers
The clouds were rent asunder
By lightning's vivid powers

The night was drear and dark
Our poor devoted bark
Till next day there she lay
In the Bay of Biscay Oh

Now, dashed upon the billow
Her opening timbers creak
Each fears a watery pillow
None stop the dreadful leak

To cling to slippery shrouds
Each breathless seaman crowds
As she lay till next day
In the Bay of Biscay Oh

At length the wished for morrow
Broke through the hazy sky
Absorbed in silent sorrow
Each heaved a bitter sigh

The dismal wreck to view
Struck horror in the crew
As she lay all that day
In the Bay of Biscay Oh

Her yielding timbers sever,
Her pitchy seams are rent,
When Heaven, all bounteous ever,
It's boundless mercy sent,

A sail in sight appears,
We hail her with three cheers,
Now we sail, with the gale,
From the Bay of Biscay Oh!  

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