Ghosts Of Cape Horn Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

All around old Cape Horn 

Ships of the line, ships of the morn 

Some who wish they'd never been born 

They are the ghosts of Cape Horn 

Fal deral da riddle de rum 

With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum 

Sailing away at the break of dawn 

They are the ghosts of Cape Horn 

See them all in sad repair 

Demons dance everywhere 

Southern gales, tattered sails 

And none to tell the tales 

Come all of you rustic old sea dogs 

Who follow the great Southern Cross 

You we're rounding the Horn 

In the eye of a storm 

When ya lost 'er one day 

And you read all your letters 

From oceans away 

Then you took them to the bottom of the sea 

All around old Cape Horn 

Ships of the line, ships of the morn 

Those who wish they'd never been born 

They are the ghosts of Cape Horn 

Fal deral da riddle de rum 

With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum 

Sailing away at the break of dawn 

They are the ghosts of Cape Horn 

Come all you old sea dogs from Devon 

Southampton, Penzance and Kinsale 

You were caught by the chance 

Of a sailor's last dance 

It was not meant to be 

And ya read all your letters 

Cried [Incomprehensible] away 

Then ya took them to the bottom of the sea 

All around old Cape Horn 

Ships of the line, ships of the morn 

Some who wish they'd never been born 

They are the ghosts of Cape Horn 

Fal deral da riddle de rum 

With a rim dim diddy and a rum dum dum 

Sailing away at the break of dawn 

They are the ghosts of Cape Horn