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Four Boats Down

1. I was taken back, - in a shiver
When an old hand said to me
Did you hear about the Beth- Dee-Bob
Being swallowed by the sea?

They were steaming low, with a full boat
Green water filled the hold
They were taken down like Jonah
In the January cold

Four men lost their lives
One poor boy was found
Lifeless in a life-ring
Where the Beth-Dee-Bob went down.

Chorus

Four Boats Down, - Ten lives lost
In the course of thirteen days
More than ends meeting ends
Are riding on those waves.

Fortune seekers, - bottom reapers
Love slaves of the sea
The widow maker, - father taker,
Can steal your breath away.

2. Two more days would pass,
Two more boys would pay
The price of life, - to reap the sea
In the mouth of Buzzards Bay

The Cape Fear was the big boat
Impressive at the dock
She was sure to win your confidence
The stature of an Ark

In an open sea, - to a southern gale
All hell would erupt
Three out of five escaped alive
When the boat went belly up

Chorus

Four Boats Down, - Ten lives lost
In the course of thirteen days
More than ends meeting ends
Are riding on those waves.

Fortune seekers, - bottom reapers
Love slaves of the sea
The widow maker, - father taker,
Can steal your breath away.

2. The Ellie B got lucky
Her crew survived the shock
The Adriatic steamed on by
Her sitting on the rocks

Calm weather would determine
Salvation the next day
A storm blew in, - and two more boats
Got pounded by the sea.

Now the Ellie B's in splinters
For miles around the shore
The Adriatic road her crew
Down to the ocean floor.

Chorus

Four Boats Down, - Ten lives lost
In the course of thirteen days
More than ends meeting ends
Are riding on those waves.

Fortune seekers, - bottom reapers
Love slaves of the sea
The widow maker, - father taker,
Can steal your breath away.