Prompt:Arrr, I got me message late last night
A letter from a girl who found the time to write
To her lonely mate somewhere beyond the night
She sent me passage on a merchant brig too
To carry me back to her lovin' view
And the big black sail
Gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well, I've been sailin' many a long day
Haven't found a harbor I could call me own, they say
Not a hammock worth a doubloon to lay me bones upon
I've been cheated, I've been robbed
I've been buried up to me gob
And the big black sail
Gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well, I've been restless nearly every night
Roamin' through the dockside by the lantern light
Not a mate around to hear me troubles right
Me trusty old wagon finally broke apart
'Cause I drove the poor thing much too hard
And the big black sail
Gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well, I look off yonder across the foam
The mighty hull is poundin' on its way back home
Gonna climb aboard and no more roam
Now I ain't had a proper galley meal
And by the tides I need one still
And the big black sail
Gonna carry me home to the one I love
Well, here I stand with me cap in hand
On the King's Highway, can ye lend a hand?
To a lonely sailor who missed his ship from land
I went ashore for one last round
And gambled me passage right into the ground
And the big black sail
Won't carry me home to the one I love
Arrr, the sea keeps callin' and the gulls still cry
While I watch me chance disappear into the sky
Thinkin' of the lass who wonders why
For a fool with dice and a thirst for ale
Can lose more than gold when fortune fails
And the big black sail
Won't carry me home to the one I love
