Well we rolled into port after nine months at sea
Hi-Yo-Ho, Sierra
And the crew went ashore for to head on a spree
Hi-Yo-Ho, Sierra
With Eliza and ol' Sally Brown
They be tearin' it up in the town
I sat by the ocean which made no reply
As I called for Sierra and sat down to cry
Didly-Dum, Didly-Dum, Didly-Dum-Dum-Die
And she hauls up to shore in her yol
Hi-Yo-Ho, Sierra
With a fine scaly marlin stuck up on a pole
Hi-Yo-Ho, Sierra
And she flashes that flickerin' smile
And I'm lustin' those eyes for a while
And she's off like a bird on the whisperin' tide
Run away now Sierra, but I won't be denied
Didly-Dum, Didly-Dum, Didly-Dum-Dum-Die
So a madness had clouded my mind
Hi-Yo-Ho, Sierra
And I made the next port up that Byzantine line
Hi-Yo-Ho, Sierra
Found her sittin' alone by the pier
And says "Aye you'll come now with me dear."
And I took her hand roughly with an evil design
Come away now Sierra, you're finally mine
Didly-Dum, Didly-Dum, Didly-Dum-Dum-Die
Ah so now I am lyin' at rest
Hi-Yo-Ho, Sierra
Her knife gatherin' rust in the depths of my chest
Hi-Yo-Ho, Sierra
As the fishies pick my bones away (Bones away!)
At the bottom of Fort-De-France Bay (Hey-yo!)
And that moon arises right up to the sky
And a loath-some Jacana sings a final goodbye
Didly-Dum, Didly-Dum, Didly-Dum-Dum-Die
