Let Go the Reef Tackle
Provided by Capt. Patrick Tayluer
As we sailed down the Chyan-nel of old Eng-e-land,
With our pen-nants all fly-ing at bay,
And a man on the yard-arm a-clear-ing
the reef tayck-le and this is what he'd say:
ChorusLet go the reef a-tayck-le. Let go the reef a-tayck-le, Let go the reef a-tayck-le, My sheets they are jammed
This song is thought to have originated in the Royal Navy, though it was also traditional under the “Red Duster” — the British flag flying on merchant or passenger ships.