They sailed a ship on the ocean blue And 13 pirates, a motely crew It carried them far, and it carried them wide And the big waves rolled, and the strong winds sighed They sailed to lands and far away shores Where the fishes fly and the seagulls call It carried them far, and it carried them wide And the big waves rolled, and the strong winds sighed The sky grew dark and a storm blew up And the ship was tossed like a broken cup It carried them far, and it carried them wide And the big waves rolled, and the strong winds sighed The ship went down with its motely crew Down to the bed of the ocean blue It carried them far, and it carried them wide And the big waves rolled, and the strong winds sighed It carried them far, and it carried them wide And the big waves rolled, and the strong winds sighed