captain o captain what ll you give to me i will sink the turkey reveille and i ll sink them in the low down low down in the low down i will sink em in the low and lonesome low gold and silver all at my command my own fairest daughter you shall have her hand if you sink em in the low down low down low down sink em in the low and lonesome low up jumped the cabin boy and overboard sprang he swam along side of the turkey reveille and he sank em in the low down low down in the low down yes he sank em in the low and lonesome low some were at their cards and some were at their dice some were a takin their best friends advice as they sank in the low down low down in the low down and they sank in the low and lonesome low some with their hats and some with their caps all tried to stop them salt water caps as they sank in the low down low down in the low down and they sank in the low and lonesome low round turned the cabin boy swam with the tide swam till he came to his own ship side they sailed along the low down low down along the low down they sailed along the low and lonesome low captain o captain take me back on board for if you don t you have forgoed to your word cause i sank em in the low down low down in the low down i sank em in the low and lonesome low o cabin boy cabin boy don t appeal to me cause you drowned a hundred souls when you sank the reveille you sank em in the low down low down in the low down yes you sank em in the low and lonesome low if it wasn t for the love that i bear for you men i d do unto you what i did unto them i d sink you in the low down low down in the low down yes i d sink you in the low and lonesome low down swam the cabin boy down sank he swam till he came to the bottom of the sea and he drowned in the low down low down low down yes he drowned in the low and lonesome low