For it is true, as all have heard,

There’s no good luck with a Finn on board.

From the hour he joined the ship,

All went wrong in all the trip;

’Twas nothing but swear and growl and groan,

And the weather was just the devil’s own:

You may reckon it all absurd,

But there’s no good luck with a Finn on board.

Our grub was spoiled from that first hour,

Except the vinegar all was sour;