Sometime in October    we sailed from England's shore    When we sailed into a raging storm    like I never ever seen before    And all of the crew they were brave men    but the captain he was braver    and he said    "Never mind the ship me boys    There's none of us here can save her"       Let her go down Swim for your lives    Swim for your children swim for your wives    Let her go down Let her go down       Lost in the open ocean    there was some of the crew and me    while the captain steered our wounded ship    to the bottom of an angry sea    And with his dying breath    we all heard him say    "It's just the fortune of sailor"    and he said    "Never mind the ship me boys    There's none of us here can save her"       chorus       He wondered if his shipmates    were ready to just pray and give in    so he called their names out one by one    but there was no one else around but him    He saw the ship go down the fading light    and he knew that they could have saved her    He said    "The captain lied when the captain cried    'There's none of us here can save her' "       chorus       Swim for your lives    Swim for your children swim for your wives    Let her go down Let her go down    Swim for your lives