Ole Cap'n Pete

If I were to meet someone who thought of me

how I thought of Ole Cap’n Pete,

surely I’d never leave.

But he left us, left us in a tree.

Believe me.

He was a real good guy, Cap’n Pete.

A christian man who really believed.

I’m sure he went to church once or twice a week

when he worked on the Tallahassee.

An unforgettable guy, Ole Cap’n Pete.

One of those guys who ya’ get to see

every now and then in one of ya’ dreams.

Of course if ya’ were like me,

and wished he’d never o’ leaved.

We, the whole crew and me,

were out on our vessel in the middle o’ sea, 

and they told me that Cap’n Pete

was just gonna start goin’ with the breeze.

But I was sure of where he was to be,

when I saw them load him in that boxed tree

and toss him out to the rolling sea.

Oh, I’ll miss Ole Cap’n Pete,

but surely, I’ll never leave like he.