Herzogin Cecile
Contemporary Shanty
Ken Stephens


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CHRISTIE SOLO Sailing down the Baltic, where the wreck mark buoys all peal, 
Cruisin' in the Channel, where the steamers never yield 
Beatin' down the Biscay where the crew they get no meals 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
NORMAL (Chorus)
Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile 
ADD OOOS Rolling in the doldrums where the slightest wind she'll feel 
Roarin' in the forties, where the braces sing like steel 
Tackin' in the Tasman Sea, where the winds upon her steal 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
NORMAL (Chorus)
Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile 
OOOS Runnin' east below the Horn where the mighty sperm whales squeal 
Off Tierra Del Fuego, where the albatrosses wheel 
Comin' down from Labrador with a load of pine and deal 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
NORMAL (Chorus)
Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile 
OOOS Cruising Caribbean calms, where the flying fish appeal 
Now she's Falmouth bound for orders, where her passage time's reveal'd 
A shipload strainin' in her hold, the pull again she'll feel 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
MEN ECHO (Chorus)
Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile 
OOOS She's run upon the Bobtail, in the mist, a test of steel 
She's hard aground in Sawmile Cove, the rocks have broken her keel
The deck planks of the Duchess you feet will nevermore feel
ALL UNISON She's was the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile
MEN ECHO (Chorus)
Herzogin Cecile, Herzogin Cecile 
She's the mighty sailing ship the Herzogin Cecile 

Original lyrics sourced from Erich Rickheit's web site.  Adapted by Bounding Main. 

From The Mudcat Cafe:  "Ken Stephens wrote this song not knowing that the Herzogin Cecile (Duchess Cecile was one of the Kaiser's nieces) was a four-masted bark. He wrote the chorus 'She's the mighty full rigged ship - the Herzogin Cecile' Stan Hugill interrupted Geoff Kaufman, onstage, with 'That were no full rigged ship. That were a four-masted bark.'"

Here is a photo of a model of the Herzogin Cecile by Don Otis.  Link to the Broad Axe modeling site here!

deal  a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)