Barcelona - Ronnie Lane

So we said goodbye to Barcelona

Oh, with a bunch of brand fine new strings in our hand

We all know and we all knew, the crew know

Oh, that the captain’s gin bottle rarely left his hand

Message broke in on the faulty wireless

Was a storm force warnin', numbered gale nine

When the crew brought out the hymn books and stood around us

And we sang our hearts out all night Auld Lang Syne

Oh, there were many of us here when we started

But the numbers they have dwindled one by one

Oh, some have left, some been carried off here

But I guess we’re here until this job is done

So we said goodbye to Barcelona

Oh, with a flotsam 'n' jetsam floating way behind

Yeah, and seagulls with them fish, they followed jumpin'

And you could almost hear the singin' of those sirens

And there were many of us here when we started

Oh, but the numbers, they have dwindled one by one

Oh, now, some have left an' some been carried from here

Oh, but I guess we’re here until this job is done

So we said goodbye to friends with friendship

With a hug and kiss and misty in the eye

Now I’m here back home with my kin and kinship

I say a prayer for those at sea and I know why