Did ya ev'r stand on the bow of a ship
   with the sea spray in y'r hair?
Did ya ev'r stand a midnight watch
   an' the weather's never fair?

Did ya ev'r feel the deck beneath
   begin ta toss an' roll?
Did ya ev'r see a man fall o'r
  an' curse yer own dark soul?

Did ya ev'r climb ta the highest mast
   an' stare fer land ahead?
Did ya ev'r when ya'd spied the land
   turned ta the sea instead?

Hav ya ev'r laid ya down at night
   an' heard 'er creak an' groan?
Hav ya ev'r stood in the mornin' light
   an' know'd ya'd found a home?

Aye, this I'v done, an' a whole lot more,
   an there's much that I did see.
I know the ways of a fickle ship,
   that's why we call 'er , 'She.'

I'v cursed 'er when she's acted up,
I'v cursed 'er when all's well.
Ya'v got to show who's Master,
or ya'll both go down ta hell.

An' one day when the time is ripe,
  when Davy'd call 'er low,
Ya'd never hesitate ta stay,
  ya'd rather go below

Hav ya ev'r been f'r weeks at sea
   an' be the first ta go ashore?
Hav ya ev'r drunk y'r fill o'rum
   an slept with some ol' whore?

Did ya ev'r ressel a bear to the floor
Did ya ev'r brake down a maiden's door?
Did ya ev'r get lost for months at sea?
Did ya ev'r hold down a mutiny?

Were ya ev'r on board when the sea was so rough that ya' lashed y'r self ta the mast?
Hav ya ev'r seen your ship brake up
an' pieces go flotin past?

Hav ya ev'r felt the water arisin' up your hide?
Hav ya ev'r felt the ship y'ron aturnin on e'r side?
Hav ya ev'r lived a Sea Dogs life?
Hav ya' ev'r fought a man with a knife?

Hav ya ev'r had a ship fer a wife
If ya never hav, I pity ya - aye,
   ya'v not lernt ta live
   an' ya'll nev'r know how ta die!