It would take far too much time to explain the back story for this strange little ditty. Long personal story. So feel free to make one up for yourself, if you’d like…
The captain takes the sailors to the deck before the mast
His signet ring has fallen in the seas of alabast
No longer can the spectral winds delay – the die is cast
To take you when the wind be turned, oh ho.
Tally ho, tally ho, the sailors steal an hour ‘fore the crow
Tally ho, tally ho, and before you know you’re taken down below
Although you’d never know to see me now, ‘fore I set sail
I’d never sold my soul until I ran the devil’s gale
Behind the eyes of sailors lies a vision of the Grail
Forsaken when the wind be turned, oh ho.
Tally ho, tally ho, how death will steal an hour ‘fore the crow
Tally ho, tally ho, and before you know you’re taken down below