bring out your dead bring out your dead from noble house and poor mans shed the plague has come to town bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead to the pyres bright and red weve reached the end of days bring out your dead bring out your dead after seven months at sea round cape horn with ivory we reached the british piers at the old port of tangier i went out to celebrate with me captain and first mate we met with many wenches gypsy girls and pretty frenchies a pretty lass and her sister had a rash with nasty blisters but ive had me share of shy afflictions for lassies be me one addiction one thing to another led i fell asleep upon their bed but woke next day with two dead whores and screams outside me door bring out your dead bring out your dead from noble house and poor mans shed the plague has come to town bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead to the pyres bright and red weve reached the end of days bring out your dead bring out your dead to find me drunken friends i ran fer ye spanish cost we sail begun as soon as we set foot ashore me throat felt swollen dry and soar i with an old physician met fer a medical opinion get he stared at me in stark dismay said son youve got bubonic plague come next morning the quack was dead with pus filled blisters on his head but i felt stronger than before and went out fer to the town explore the streets with panicked men where filled half the town in plague was killed a flagellant procession yelled repent or burn in hell bring out your dead bring out your dead from noble house and poor mans shed the plague has come to town bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead to the pyres bright and red weve reached the end of days bring out your dead bring out your dead we sailed up north to native land fer london went our merry band as we filled the taverns with our crew i got a feel of dj vu like in every other town wed been since the day we lost mcguinn people started turning pale behind us now a deadly trail suddenly i saw all around people dropping to the ground doctors clad in scary beaks pushing barrows down the streets their rottening load of corpses grew in all it was a horrid view as a brazen bell the alleys rang filled with dread i sang bring out your dead bring out your dead from noble house and poor mans shed the plague has come to town bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead to the pyres bright and red weve reached the end of days bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead from noble house and poor mans shed the plague has come to town bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead bring out your dead to the pyres bright and red weve reached the end of days bring out your dead bring out your dead 