Written by Andy Daigle

Lyrics

Sail around the Cape, boys. Sail around if you dare.
There are shoals and snags among the swells.
So, sail around her with care.

Bringing timber from the Northlands to the Montauk ruddy shore,
Can be a trip that pays you handsome or send you to your last report.

Sail around the Cape, boys. Sail around if you dare.
There are shoals and snags among the swells.
So, sail around her with care.

Boston craftsmen make their silver and want it shipped on down the coast.
A captain that completes the journey will use it as a seaman’s boast.

Sail around the Cape, boys. Sail around if you dare.
There are shoals and snags among the swells.
So, sail around her with care.

The lighthouse beam from Monomoy will guide your ship around the ‘bow.
But keep your wits or the changing winds will wreck you on Nantucket Shoals.

Sail around the Cape, boys. Sail around if you dare.
There are shoals and snags among the swells.
So, sail around her with care.

There are stories told among the sailors that gather in the drinking halls
of ghostly galleons in the mist. Be they a warning from Davey Jones?

Sail around the Cape, boys. Sail around if you dare.
There are shoals and snags among the swells.
So, sail around her with care.

November’s gales are not forgiving when crashing waves churn up the foam.
The one reward for men of courage is the trip that brings them safely home.

Sail around the Cape, boys. Sail around if you dare.
There are shoals and snags among the swells.
So, sail around her with care.

Sail around the Cape, boys. Sail around if you dare.
There are shoals and snags among the swells.
So, sail around her with care.