Sailors Consolation

C F C G C F One night came on a hurricane C F G The seas were mountains rolling C F When Barney Buntline turned his quid C G C And said to Billy Bowline F "A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill C G Hark! Don't you hear it roar now? C F Lord, help 'em! How I pities all C G C F G C Unhappy folks ashore now F "Foolhardy chaps who lives in towns C F G What dangers they are all in C F And now sit quaking in their beds C G C For fear the roof shall fall in. F Poor creatures, how they envy us C G And wishes, I've a notion C F For our good luck in such a storm C G C To be out on the ocean" C F C G C F C G C F "And as for them who're out all day C F G On business from their houses C F And late at night are coming home C G C To cheer their babes and spouses. F While you and I, Bill, on the deck C G Are comfortably lying C F My eyes! What tiles and chimneypots C G C G C Around their heads are flying! F "And very often have we heard C F G How men are killed and undone C F By overturns of carriages C G C By thieves and fires in London. F We know what risks all landsmen run C G From noblemen to tailors C F Then Bill, let us thank Providence C G C That you and I are sailors"