Here's the original lyrics as transcribed by Dr. Strobel and reprinted in THE LORE OF THE WRECKERS, pp. 25-26:

THE WRECKERS' SONG

Come all ye good people one and all,
Come listen to my song;
A few remarks I have to make,
It won't be very long;
'Tis of our vessel, stout and good,
As ever yet was built of wood;
Among the reefs where the breakers roar,
The wreckers on the Florida shore!

Key Tavernier's our rendezvous,
At anchor there we lie;
And see the vessels in the Gulf
Carelessly passing by;
When night comes on we dance and sing,
Whilst the currents some vessel is floating in;
When daylight comes, a ship's on shore,
Among the rocks where the breakers roar.

When daylight dawns, we are under weigh,
And every sail is set;
And if the wind it should prove light,
Why then our sails we wet;
To gain her first each eager strives,
To save the cargo and the peoples' lives;
Amongst the rocks where the breakers roar,
The wreckers on the Florida shore.

When we get 'longside, we find she's bilged,
We know well what to do;
Save the cargo that we can,
The sails and rigging too;
Then down to Key West we soon will go,
When quickly our salvage we shall know;
When everything it is fairly sold,
Our money down to us it is told.

Then one week's cruise we'll have on shore,
But we do sail again,
And drink success to the sailor lads,
That are plowing of the main;
And when you are passing by this way,
On Florida reef should you chance to stray,
Why, we will come to you on the shore,
Amongst the rocks where the breakers roar.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble