Chase the dog star
  Over the sea
  Home where my true love is waiting for me
  Rope the south wind
  Canvas the stars
  Harness the moonlight
  So she can safely go
  Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
    Red the port light
  Starboard the green
  How will she know of the devils I've seen
  Cross in the sky, star of the sea
  Under the moonlight, there she can safely go
  Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
  Valparaiso
    And every road I walked would take me down to the sea
  With every broken promise in my sack
  And every love would always send the ship of my heart
  Over the rolling sea
    If I should die
  And water's my grave
  She'll never know if I'm damned or I'm saved
  See the ghost fly over the sea
  Under the moonlight, there she can safely go
  Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso
  Valparaiso
  Valparaiso
  Valparaiso