Cellar full of diamonds
Turret full of gold
All for a mermaid's locket
Too much to hold

Drink the seals' blood from the ocean
Drink the whole ocean dry
Steal the moonshine from the night-time
Steal the sun from the sky

Black-skinned warrior
Zulu Queen
Sold for a silver dollar
Shipped across the sea

Worked like a Mexican donkey
Used like a hole in the ground
Branded her skin like she couldn't feel a thing
Crying without a sound

Cellar full of diamonds
Turret full of gold
All for a mermaid's locket
Too much to hold

Drink the seals' blood from the ocean
Drink the whole ocean dry
Steal the moonshine from the night-time
Steal the sun from the sky

Cellar full of diamonds
Cellar full of