Stonewall Jackson - Sixteen Fathoms lyrics

Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold That's almost a hundred feet and the water's cold Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold I ran into Boondock Charlie down in New Orleans He told me about a sunken treasure I began to dream All that gold within my reach I could do a lot of things I could win the love of Nell the belle of New Orleans But sixteen fathoms down lies the gold Sixteen fathoms down the water's cold cold cold yeah Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold We rigged our sails then set our course south from New Orleans But the wind lay low and the trip was slow to the far off Carribean Well our tongues were dry and the sun was hot in the Carribean sky And I begin to think that Charlie had told me another lie But sixteen fathoms down lies the gold Sixteen fathoms down the water's cold cold cold yeah Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold Well we put on our scuba tanks and plunged beneath the depths Where a hundred sharks attacked us and Charlie met his d**h I guess somehow that I was lucky I came out alive But Boondock Charlie's driftin' somewhere beneath the Carribean tide But sixteen fathoms down lies the gold Sixteen fathoms down the water's cold cold cold yeah Sixteen fathoms down lies the gold