A Sailor's Life - Tom Paxton

Lie down, lie, sailors cry

When God’s on the water

Pity those in his angry eye

Little lambs for slaughter

You’ll get by, you’ll set sail

You’ll bring wonders to you

Let no strange scribbler write your tale

Lest he say he knew you

Rocks and shoals and maelstrom holes

Plague the sailor’s weary souls

Storm and gale, a shredded sail

Pray the captain doesn’t fail

Lie down, lie, sailors cry

Helpless sailors stranded

Lie down, lie, they will surely die

Long before they’ve landed

Rocks and shoals, maelstrom holes

Plague the sailor’s weary souls

Storm and gale, shredded sail

Pray the captain doesn’t fail

Lie down, lie, sailors cry

When God’s on the water

Pity those in his angry eye

Little lambs for slaughter