Burning Ship Lyrics - Jane Siberry

Sixty thousand sheep on a burning ship sailing across the deep blue sea 

And not a soul in sight and the boiler room caught fire 

And the men, the hired men, they set off signals 

And nearby boats came by and they rescued them 

And off they went on their way to South America from Australia 

Sixty thousand sheep on the great, great blue sea 

And not a soul in sight 

For what purpose? For what purpose? 

What great things happening on this planet 

Huge clusters of animals going up in smoke 

Two million cows in Great Britain, gone in one month 

Two million cows, who can separate the cows from the people? 

Two hundred elephants found in a clearing 

Ghastly silence when they found them 

Pregnant cows, baby elephants 

And not a soul in sight, in one fell swoop