High waves she cut them up in two The storm's eye we could see With her tattered sails shaking in the gale A terror for a sight was she Cutting through the clouds the moon swept the deck Her wooden bones all alight With a quick glimpse, ghostly was the wreck I couldn't see a soul in sight She's like a feather in a storm Blowing on the wind She's like a feather in a storm When the devil threw those cold scarlet eyes Two beacons bright Timber cracked as she broke upon her back Her wooden bones all exposed Stuck there fast with a weather-beaten mast A pale strong figure he arose Then standing at the helm, the devil I could tell His silver cloak all alight
With two burning eyes dancing in the sky A terror on a winter's night She's like a feather in a storm Blowing on the wind She's like a feather in a storm When the devil threw those cold scarlet eyes Two beacons burning brightly on the tide A fair warning to return another night Go quickly when he's chasing you with flames burning bright She's like a feather in a storm Blowing on the wind She's like a feather in a storm When the devil threw those cold scarlet eyes She's like a feather in a storm Blowing on the wind She's like a feather in a storm When the devil threw those cold scarlet eyes Two beacons bright Cold scarlet eyes Two beacons bright