Call me Winterstraw 
Mere passenger of the Glen Carrig 
Preparing to meet so great a storm 
As might well fill the heart with panic 

For now it was being slow and oily black 
Against the mighty redness of the sky 

One quarter of the sky - 
A mighty arc of blood-red fire 
Doesn't matter who you are 
Within the elements fierce ire 

The sun, a great full moon 
Pale and slightly monochrome 
For it appeared to crest 
The black cloud like red foam 

The sea was all blown up 
Into vast clouds of dust 
Like froth and I knew 
The storm was upon us 

No man heard aught of the thunder 
The storm's roar made all else silent 
Trying to burst our boats asunder 
And my memory recalled the distant island 

(May God have mercy)