Letra de Holmes' Bonfire, 1666

Berthed in the night, between the
Mudflats in the north for the passing of a storm
Asleep in the hull far beneath
Safer than the belly of a beast
When the winds had changed so they
Couldn’t move, they had just drifted
South, only floating wrecks full of dead
There was none to worry now with
The shallows and tide and shifting of the shoals
We were quiet like a sleepy town
Holding our breath, hoping that the storm would pass
We were so afraid, we hadn’t dared
Take back the seamarks they had just
Followed them, like a lighthouse in the dark
Our armed merchantmen fled
The brave ones tried to man the ships
But they were so fast. I could see
The flames and panic spread, more
Than a hundred ships, all the men burned