[Verse 1]
Take the wheel, I hear the timbers creaking
Take the wheel, I think this ship is sinking
Jamaica seems so far and I've been thinking
Old Billy Bones has gone to sea
And quit his dockside drinking

[Chorus]
Check it out, check it out, check it out

[Verse 2]
And when I'm dead who'll fly the White Bird home?
I'm not the ancient mariner your children know
And the sea's the field these old jack tars have sown
'Cause Billy Bones just wants to know
Who'll fly the White Bird home

[Chorus]
Oh check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out

[Bridge]
Oh, your majesty, your majesty
I heard the bosun cry
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore
Upon a foreign tide, tide, tide, tide, tide, tide, tide, tide, tide
[Chorus]
Check it out yeah, check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out, oh check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Ooh check it out, check it out, check it out
Oh ho ho, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out

[Bridge]
Oh, your majesty, your majesty
I heard the bosun cry
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore
Upon a foreign tide, tide, tide, tide, tide, tide, tide, tide, tide

[Chorus]
Check it out yeah, oh check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out, check it out, oh check it out, check it out
Oh ho, check it out yeah, check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out, check it out, oh check it out, check it out
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out
Oh check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out
Check it out