Follow Her Down by Lizzy Hardingham

 

Come all you bold sailors where ‘er you may be

For now we will sing of your time on the sea

The fiercest for which no one would thank

Are hugging the poles like a cold icy blanket

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Yo ho, follow her down

Yo ho, follow her down

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Captain Diaz was the first of his kind

Searching the sea for a new land to find

Setting a course for the cape of good hope

The toughest of journeys the shortest of rope

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Yo ho, follow her down

Yo ho, follow her down

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500 years it would take to find land

Going one knot beyond the preceding man

Crunching as your boots stepped ashore

In search of a south they had ne’er seen before

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Yo ho, follow her down

Yo ho, follow her down

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When the ice melts oh how waves do entrance

The ripples of sunlight beginning to dance

Growing the green from deep in the blue

And cycles of cycles are bound to ensue

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Yo ho, follow her down

Yo ho, follow her down