She tended her Subs most tenderly,
You may have heard her fame;
You may have heard her fame, me boys,
You may have heard her fame;
She tended her Subs most tenderly,
You may have heard her fame.
There were Seven Subs of Severn, that sailed the Seven Seas,
And on each Sub were Seven Nubs*,
The Grog a-flowin' free!
The Grog a-flowin' free, me boys,
The Grog a-flowin' free,
And on each Sub were Seven Nubs,
The Grog a-flowin' free!
There were Seven Nubs aboard each Sub, the Grog a-flowin' free,
In each Nub's mug were seven slugs,
Of the best rum for a spree;
The best rum for a spree, me boys,
The best rum for a spree;
In each Nub's mug were seven slugs,
Of the best rum for a spree!
Here's to the good ship Severn and her Seven little Subs,
Let every Nub now drain his mug,
Until its final glug;
Until its final glug, me boys,
Until its final glug;
Let every Nub now drain his mug,
Until its final glug!
Let every Nub now drain his mug–
Until its final glug!
Stern view of seven submarines with their Tender USS Severn, New York Harbor, circa 1910, from Detroit Publishing Co., Photo # 022680; note the Severn was formerly the Training Ship USS Chesapeake, built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.