Oh my!
I am hanging my head to say 999 that this is the first time I heard this song by Ralph McTell. I will definitely (as a Maritimer.) start learning it. Thank you so much.


Here is one by Gordon Lightfoot.
Ghosts Of Cape Horn
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(Dm) (C) (F) (G) (Dm) (C) (Dm) (C) (F) (G) (Dm) (C) (Dm)
All a(C)round (F) old Cape (G) Horn
(Dm) Ships of the line, (C) ships of the morn
(Dm) Some who (C) wish they'd (F) never been (G) born
They (Dm) are the ghosts (C) of Cape (Dm) Horn

(F) Fal deral da (C) riddle de rum
With a rim dim diddy and a (G) rum dum dum
(Dm) Sailing a(C)way at the (F) break of (G) dawn
They (Dm) are the ghosts (C) of Cape (Dm) Horn

(A) See them all in (Bo/A) sad repair, (A7) demons dance (Bb/A) everywhere
(A7) Southern gales, (Bo/A) tattered sails and (A) none to (Gm7) tell the (A) tale

Come (D) all of you (D/F#) rustic old (G) sea dogs
(Em) Who (A) follow the (A/G) bright Southern (D/F#) Cross
You were (G) rounding the (A) horn in the (A/G) eye of a (D/F#) storm
When you (G) lost her one (A) day
And you (D) read all your (G) letters from (A) oceans a(Bm)way
Then you (A) took them to the (G) bottom of the (Em) sea (A)

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
Southamptom, Penzance, and Kinsale
You were caught by the chance of a sailor's last dance
It was not meant to be
And you read all your letters, cried anchors aweigh
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