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DO
The continent of Atlantis was an island
RE
Which lay before the great flood
FA
In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean.
DO SOL
So great an area of land, that from her western
DO
shores, those beautifulsailors journeyed
RE
to the south and the North Americas with ease,
FA DO
in their ships with painted sails.
SOL DO
To the east Africa was a neighbor across
RE
a short strait of sea miles.
FA
The great Egyptian age is but a
DO SOL
remnant of the Atlantian culture.
DO
The antedeluvian Kings colonised the world;
RE
All the Gods who play a part in the
FA
mythological dramas in all legends
DO SOL
from all lands were from fair Atlantis.
DO
Knowing her fate, Altantis sent out ships
RE
to all corners of the earth.
RE
On board were the twelve, the poet,
FA
the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
DO
the magician, and the other
SOL
so called Gods of our legends.
DO
Tho' Gods they were and as the elders
RE
of our time choose to remain blind,
RE
let us rejoice and let us
FA DO
sing and dance and ring in the new.
SOL
Hail Atlantis!
DO RE
Way down below the ocean
FA DO
where I wanna be
SOL
she may be
(repeat and fade from 'way down')
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