Lyrics

Angelina
Words and Music: Mark David Manders

The captain gave the orders to hoist our colors high
He said we’re gaining on that vessel up ahead
We fired a shot across her bow then awaited her reply
She answered with a blast of screaming lead
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
I was on the quarterdeck when their first shell hit its mark
Little Tommy grabbed his chest and fell
He told me he was scared to death, then he died there in my arms
No more to suffer in this living hell
Can you feel me? Can you feel me?
My pretty Angelina
Can you hear me? Can you feel me?
My pretty Angelina
Waiting for me, waiting for me
By the water’s edge
We opened up with a broadside that brought her main mast down
And I watched as she lay crippled in the seas
Before they could strike their colors we got off another round
A cannonball ripped through their magazine
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
A spark set of their powder and it blew their ship in half
It scattered bodies and debris through the air
We searched for signs of survivors but I’m afraid their were none left
Then we looked below to see how our crew fared
Can you feel me? Can you feel me?
Chorus
At six o’clock this evening we laid young Tommy to rest
Along with eight other brave young men
I watched as his draped body slid into the abyss
While twenty-one guns offered their lament
Can you hear me? Can you hear me?
As I make my rounds topside there’ll be no sleep tonight
The image of young Tommy haunts my dreams
And horror the battle that took your brother’s life
Pales in comparison to my grief
Can you feel me? Can you feel me?
Chorus