One night a sailor at full look out
Heard a lonely seagull cry
He caught a sudden smell of brimstone
And a strange ship floated by
A dead mans hand was on the tiller
As it sailed beneath the moon
He heard the ghostly captain holler
Your time is coming soon

Who does not answer to the rudder
Shall answer to the rock
If you dont watch the compass brother
Youll never make the dock
Youll end your days right on the bottom
Under Davy Joness lock
Who does not answer to the rudder
Shall answer to the rock

The crew sang out a devils shanty
As they hauled their mainsail tight
Their dungarees were rags and tatters
And their bones were gleaming white
The bosun held an empty spyglass
Where the captains eye should be
For they were doomed to sail the ocean
For all eternity

Who does not answer to the rudder
Shall answer to the rock
If you dont watch the compass brother
Youll never make the dock
Youll end your days right on the bottom
Under Davy Joness lock
Who does not answer to the rudder
Shall answer to the rock

A crash of thunder shook the heavens
As the sailor shook with fear
The lightning flickered round the ghost ship
As he watched it disappear
He knew it was the Flying Dutchman
Come to warn him to take heed
He vowed when he got back to harbour
A better life hed lead

Who does not answer to the rudder
Shall answer to the rock
If you dont watch the compass brother
Youll never make the dock
Youll end your days right on the bottom
Under Davy Joness lock
Who does not answer to the rudder
Shall answer to the rock

Shall answer to the rock

