Sir Cloudesley Shovell
Now gather round and hear this tale
Of Sir Cloudesley Shovell
He was a hero you should know
Who gave the French much trouble
It was a stormy autumn night
Near the Isles of Scilly
The charts were inaccurate
And this would cost him dearly
HMS Association
Sunk by the Isles of Scilly
Two thousand sailors drowned that night
A tragedy quite clearly
His flagship struck the Gilstone reef
Of the Isles of Scilly
Longitude and latitude
Were confused and queried
The Eagle and Romney lost
Sunk by the Isles of Scilly
Two thousand sailors drowned that night
A tragedy quite clearly
They found his body washed ashore
On a cove on St Mary's
Of those deadly Western Rocks
Brave sailors must be wary
And Firebrand struck the Western Rocks
Of the Isles of Scilly
Two thousand sailors drowned that night
A tragedy quite clearly
Of Sir Cloudesley Shovell
He was a hero you should know
Who gave the French much trouble
It was a stormy autumn night
Near the Isles of Scilly
The charts were inaccurate
And this would cost him dearly
HMS Association
Sunk by the Isles of Scilly
Two thousand sailors drowned that night
A tragedy quite clearly
His flagship struck the Gilstone reef
Of the Isles of Scilly
Longitude and latitude
Were confused and queried
The Eagle and Romney lost
Sunk by the Isles of Scilly
Two thousand sailors drowned that night
A tragedy quite clearly
They found his body washed ashore
On a cove on St Mary's
Of those deadly Western Rocks
Brave sailors must be wary
And Firebrand struck the Western Rocks
Of the Isles of Scilly
Two thousand sailors drowned that night
A tragedy quite clearly
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Writer(s): Ian Churchward
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