Round the Cape

Well we're goin' round the cape

gold and shores to find

900 miles of wind and waves

smashing up the sides

We're goin' round the cape

there is no other way

For trade

and king

and countrymen

we'll brave the foam and spray

So tell my love

that I'll be back someday

It's rock and roll a-

rock and roll a-

rock and roll away

When I return

I swear I'm gonna stay

So rock and roll a-

rock and roll a-

rock and roll away

I left my home and land

to sail a clipper ship

Into the parts of my own map

that barely have been writ

I must be out my mind

to leave England in my wake

But I'll get that silver in my ear

we're goin' round the cape

So tell my love

that I'll be back someday

It's rock and roll a-

rock and roll a-

rock and roll away

When I return

I swear I'm gonna stay

So rock and roll a-

rock and roll a-

rock and roll away

It's a long way home

but many miles to go

There's a gale

that's trying to drag us all below

And I long to dream of

any better fate

But what awaits

the brave around the cape?

I heard the sailors say

"By God, you must be mad

(be mad!)

There's waves as tall as houses

and the gales'll knock you flat

And when the storm has fled

and the fog is thick as mud

It's pray for your deliverance

and pray you rightly should."

So tell my love

that I'll be back someday

It's rock and roll a-

rock and roll a-

rock and roll away

When I return

I swear I'm gonna stay

So rock and roll a-

rock and roll a-

rock and roll away

So tell my love

that I'll be back someday

It's rock and roll a-

rock and roll a-

rock and roll away

When I return

I swear I'm gonna stay

So rock and roll a-

rock and roll a-

rock and roll away

Rock and roll a-

(Rock and roll a-)

Rock and roll away