There was a little ship
And she sailed upon the sea
And the name of that ship
Was the Turkish Reveille

Oh, she sailed out on that lonely, lonesome water
Oh, she sailed out on that lonesome sea

Up stepped a little sailor
Saying: What'll ya give to me
If I sink that ship
In the bottom of the sea?

Oh, I'll sink her in that lonely, lonesome water
Oh, I'll sink her that lonesome sea

Oh, I have a house
And I have land
And I have a daughter
That shall be at your command

If you'll sink her in that lonely, lonesome water
If you'll sink her in that lonesome sea

So he's bowed on his breast
And away swum he
He swum till he came
To the Turkish Reveille

As she sailed out on that lonely, lonesome water
As she sailed out on that lonesome sea

He had a little awl
All made for the bore
And he bored nine holes
In the bottom of the floor

Oh, he sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
Oh, he sunk her in that lonesome sea

So he's bowed on his breast
And away swum he
He swum till he came to
The Golden Willow Tree

Where she sailed out on that lonely, lonesome water
Where she sailed out on that lonesome sea

Saying: Captain oh, captain
Will you be as good as your words?
Or either will you
Take me up on board?

For I've sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
For I've sunk her in that lonesome sea

No I shall not
Be as good as my word
Or neither will I
Take you up on board

Though you've sunk her in that lonely, lonesome water
Though you've sunk her in that lonesome sea

If it were not for the love
That I bear unto your men
I'd sink you the same
Just as I have sunk them

Oh, I'd sink you in that lonely, lonesome water
Oh, I'd sink you in that lonesome sea

So he's bowed on his breast
And down sunk he
Bidding farewell to
The Golden Willow Tree

Oh, he sunk down in that lonely, lonesome water
Oh, he sunk down in that lonesome sea