BLOOD RED ROSES

LYRICS

1. We hear the men before we feel
   Go down, you blood red roses, go down
   Harpoons that pierce our flesh with steel
   Go down, you blood red roses, go down

Oh, you pinks and posies
Go down, you blood red roses, go down

2) It’s haul us on to shore again
To flense our fat for the cooking pan

3) It’s chase our sisters ‘round Cape Horn
Boil them up and send them home

4) Light the city and make it run
Soaps and bombs to clean your bones