Sing a song of Madeleine-Mary   A tune that all can carry   Burly says if we don't sing   Then we won't have anything   All the boys on ship set sail   And the mate was Madeleine-Mary   When her eyes did fill with tears   It was extraordinary   It was extraordinary   For we none of us could see it   For she kept herself below   And all her feelings private   Sing a song of Madeleine-Mary   A tune that all can carry   Burly says if we don't sing   Then we won't have anything   None of us could get a glimpse   But all of us did want it   At night above our sleeping heads   Our sleeping dreams were haunted   So now my kids you'd like to hear   Of one who reached and got her   Well if there was well I think   He sleeps beneath the water   Sing a song of Madeleine-Mary   A tune that all can carry   Burly says if we don't sing   Then we won't have anything