Herzogin Cecile
Contemporary Shanty
Ken Stephens

Sailing down the Baltic, where the wreck mark buoys all peal, 
Cruisin' in the Channel, where the steamers never yield 
Beatin' down the Biscay where the crew they get no meals 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile

(Chorus)
Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile 

Rolling in the doldrums where the slightest wind she'll feel 
Roarin' in the forties, where the braces sing like steel 
Tackin' in the Tasman Sea, where the winds upon her steal 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile (Chorus)


Runnin' east below the Horn where the mighty sperm whales squeal 
Off Tierra Del Fuego, where the albatrosses wheel 
Comin' down from Labrador with a load of pine and deal 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile(Chorus)

Cruising Caribbean calms, where the flying fish appeal 
Now she's Falmouth bound for orders, where her passage time's reveal'd 
A shipload strainin' in her hold, the pull again she'll feel 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile(Chorus)

She's run upon the Boat tail, in the mist, a test of steel 
She's hard aground in Sawmile Cove, the rocks have broken her keel
The deck planks of the Duchess you feet will nevermore feel
She's was the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile

Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile 
She's was the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile