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88 North - Sweetened Tea

A weathered hull cut the morning tide With a teakettle rattlin’ inside Canvas cracked and the timbers groaned As the old ship leaned and rolled Not ten nights out from the coastal light When the sea rose up in a boiling white A shadow moved beneath the foam And the deck went cold and still Oh call for the runner down the line Bring sweetened tea and Caribbean rum When the ropes are coiled and the work’s all done We’ll drink, then drift back home Steel met flesh and the water spun Hands burned raw but the line held on The captain swore through pipe and steam “Lads, this one pays our way” Tin cups rang on the rail that night Hot tea cut sharp with the last of the bite Rum went round ‘til the stars leaned low And the wind forgot our names Oh call for the runner down the line Bring sweetened tea and Caribbean rum When the ropes are coiled and the work’s all done We’ll drink, then drift back home Dawn came pale on a quiet sea With salt in our beards and sleep in our knees We sang to keep the cold at bay And laughed like we’d already won Oh call for the runner down the line Bring sweetened tea and Caribbean rum When the ropes are coiled and the work’s all done We’ll drink, then drift back home Drink, then drift back home Drink, then drift back home