The Temperance Crew

Luff up, boys! clew up, and furl every sail;
Clear the cables--let all fly, and clew;
Though rocks are a-lee, she will laugh at the gale,
For our ship has a Temperance crew.



Chorus.
Tho' rocks are a-lee, she will laugh at the gale,
For our ship has a Temperance Crew.


We ask not "grog courage," so vaunted of yore;
Let it blow as it never yet blow!
To ride amidst breakers upon a lee shore
Is the vaunt of a Temperance Crew.



Chorus
To ride amidst breakers upon a lee shore
Is the vaunt of a Temperance crew.


Down anchors--pay out--let her swing free and wide:
As our hearts, so our cables are true;
Like a sea bird she sits!--now she breasts the rough tide!
Hold on then, brave Temperance crew.



Chorus.
Like a sea bird she sits, as she breasts the rough tide!
Hold on then, brave Temperance crew.


Come, a bright, bright look-out. Hail each lull, or a pause
In the gale!--we have death in our view!
But may weather the squall--for in God and our cause
Is the trust of a Temperance crew.



Chorus.
But may weather the squall--for in God and our cause
Is the trust of a Temperance crew


Bear a hand--the storm lulls--and the tide sets off fast,
Ere again the wild hurricane brew,
Set her topsails, and slip--and the danger is past;
Then huzza for a Temperance crew.



Chorus.
Set her topsails, and slip,--and the danger is past;
Then huzza for a Temperance crew.