As I suppose, you all have heard
There’s no good luck with a Finn on board,
I can tell you that is so.
I’ve sailed with one and I ought to know:
For it is true, upon my word,
There’s no good luck with a Finn on board.
Eric Jansen was his name,
And from Christián’ he came;
A seemly man all for to see,
But devil a bit the man for me: