Story Behind The Song
The movie Master and Commander got my wheels turning.
Song Description
Life on the open sea
| Song Length |
4:14 |
Genre |
Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Content |
Subject |
Life |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
The Royal May * **
The cannon balls may fly and the winds they my die my boots might touch the earth again some day my eye's will see the green my soul has never seen and rest while I'm away on the Royal May
I'm Johnathon O'Riely been on the Royal May five Months long got salt in my blood my skins worn down by the sun the dead horse was sung when my first month was done and my debt was paid in full back to her my boots and my knife are a way of life on this ship that has become my home
As we sail into the dark we use the stars for our charts the Heavens will guide us through the waves
And the cannon balls may fly and the winds they my die my boots will touch the earth again some day my eye's will see the green my soul has never seen and rest while I'm away from the Royal May
Whiskey Jack my friend born in 1782 remembers the sinking of the Emma Lou most nights before we sleep the story he repeats so well I think I seen her sinking too
And the cannon balls may fly and the winds they my die my boots will touch the earth again some day my eye's will see the green my soul has never seen and rest while I'm away from the Royal May