Tale of the Mary Rose

Do you need a song to work

Of the pride of Tudor, and her fate?

There was a ship named Mary Rose

Henry‘s gem from Solent strait

Tell us, sailor - tell the tale

While work and hoist the sail

Of the Mary Rose, long lost at sea

Now back on land, returned is she

Her glory known across the waves

A fearsome warship, home to many

Thirty years, she fought the French

The battles won were plenty

Tell us, sailor - tell the tale

While work and hoist the sail

Of the Mary Rose, long lost at sea

Now back on land, returned is she

A tempest wind, or cannon fire

Claimed the life of our grand Mary Rose

And when our warship sank below

She claimed five hundred souls

Tell us, sailor - tell the tale

While work and hoist the sail

Of the Mary Rose, long lost at sea

Now back on land, returned is she

She sank so quick, most all the crew

Were trapped aboard and soon were dead

Four hundred years they rested there

On land great tears were shed

Tell us, sailor - tell the tale

While work and hoist the sail

Of the Mary Rose, long lost at sea

Now back on land, returned is she

But in our age the wreck was found

As none forgot her through the years

They knew t’was she by the flower they saw

From the depths she rose to cheers

Tell us, sailor - tell the tale

While work and hoist the sail

Of the Mary Rose, long lost at sea

Now back on land, returned is she