Captain, O' Captain what'll you give to me?
I will sink the Turkey Reveille
And I'll sink them in the low down
Low down, in the low down
I will sink 'em in the low and lonesome low

Gold and silver all at my command
My own fairest daughter, you shall have her hand
If you sink 'em in the low down
Low down, low down
Sink 'em in the low and lonesome low

Up jumped the cabin boy and overboard sprang he
Swam along side of the Turkey Reveille
And he sank 'em in the low down
Low down, in the low down
Yes, he sank 'em in the low and lonesome low

Some were at their cards and some were at their dice
Some were a-takin' their best friends advice
As they sank in the low down
Low down, in the low down
And they sank in the low and lonesome low

Some with their hats and some with their caps
All tried to stop them salt water caps
As they sank in the low down
Low down, in the low down
And they sank in the low and lonesome low

'Round turned the cabin boy, swam with the tide
Swam till he came to his own ship side
They sailed along the low down
Low down, along the low down
They sailed along the low and lonesome low

Captain, O' Captain take me back on board
For if you don't you have forgoed to your word
'Cause I sank 'em in the low down
Low down, in the low down
I sank 'em in the low and lonesome low
O' cabin boy, cabin boy, don't appeal to me
'Cause you drowned a hundred souls when you sank the Reveille
You sank 'em in the low down
Low down, in the low down
Yes, you sank 'em in the low and lonesome low

If it wasn't for the love that I bear for you men
I'd do unto you what I did unto them
I'd sink you in the low down
Low down, in the low down
Yes, I'd sink you in the low and lonesome low

Down swam the cabin boy, down sank he
Swam till he came to the bottom of the sea
And he drowned in the low down
Low down, low down
Yes, he drowned in the low and lonesome low