I LED MY FRIEND TO THE OCEAN'S END
AND PROMPTLY SAID THIS BE THE BEND
TO MOURNFUL TRUTH AND BITTER REND

TO KILL THAT MAN I KNOW HE DID
HE PAID HIS LIFE A FAREWELL BID

FROM THE CAPTAIN OF THE JENNY MAE
WE WOKE AT DAWN, A STORM HIGH LAY

TO MESS WE WENT TO SHARE A MEAL
THEN FORWARD STERN, TO WHICH HE KNEEL

A PEACEFUL DAY PERHAPS AT LAST
A ROPE I THREW AROUND HIM FAST

THE KEEL WENT AND HAULED HIM SO
I CUT THE ROPE AND WATCHED HIM GO

JUSTICE FOR OUR CHEF MONTAGUE
TO KILL THAT MAN OVER SOME ODD FOOD

BITTER FRUIT HE SOWED, IT'S TRUE