Every Ship Has a Capstan Every ship has a capstan, has a capstan, has a capstan. Every good shop has a capstan, and a capstan has pawls, And every young girl likes a young man With a big pair of balls. Sheet out your main t'gan't'sail, your main t'gan't'sail, your main t'gan't'sail, Sheet out your main t'gan't'sail and let the good ship go free. This was forwarded to Robert W. Gordon by J.N. West on November 10, 1924. No other information is provided for what is now Number 365 in the Gordon "Inferno" at the Archive of American Folk Culture, Library of Congress.