Round the bend
I see the steamer coming,
He's heading here to this pier.
If you hurry, we will make it,
never fear, on the old Dominion line.
Ooh, ain't she sailin' pretty
As she hugs the shore?
Steamin' for Baltimore
Hear the paddles turnin'
Hear the water churnin'
She's the Queen of Chesapeake
Bay
Come on, Nancy,
put your best dress on
Come on, Nancy,
for the steamboat's gone
Everything is lovely on the
Chesapeake Bay
All aboard for Baltimore,
and if we're late that sure be sore
Now lookie here, Captain,
gotta catch that boat
We can't swim, and listen,
we can't float
People humming a good
old tune
Up on deck,
now that's the place to spoon
Cuddle up close and eat
the silvery moon
Sailing down the Chesapeak e Bay
Ah, come on, Nancy,
grab your carpet bag
I want to be there when
they raise that flag
Annual excursion on the Chesapeake Bay
All aboard for Baltimore
And if we're late, they'll all be sore
Now, lookie here, Captain,
don't you pull that hook
If you leave us, we'll be so forsook
Up on deck in cabin number one
Colonel Culpepper's
got a demijohn
He's servin' juleps till
the break of dawn
Sailin' down to Chesapeake
We'll be gone at least a week
Sailin' down to Chesapeak
e Bay
Sailin' down to Chesapeake Bay