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High Barbary

Lyrics from Iron Men & Wooden Ships, by Frank Shay |
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There were two lofty
ships from old England came,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;
One was the Prince of Luther, and the
other Prince of Wales,
Cruising down along the coast of the High
Barbaree.
"Aloft there, aloft!" our jolly boatswain
cries,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;
"Look ahead, look astern, look aweather and
alee,
Look along down the coast of the High
Barbaree."
There's nought upon the stern, there's
nought upon the lee,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;
But there's a lofty ship to windward, and
she's sailing fast and free,
Sailing down along the coast of the High
Barbaree.
"Oh, hail her, Oh, hail her," our gallant
captain cried,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;
"Are you a man-o'-war or a privateer," said
he,
"Cruising down along the coast of the High
Barbaree."
"Oh, I am not a man-o'-war nor privateer,"
said he,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;
"But I'm a salt-sea pirate a-looking for my
fee,
"Cruising down the coast of the High
Barbaree."
Oh, 'twas broadside to broadside a long time
we lay,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;
Until the Prince of Luther shot the
pirate's masts away,
Cruising down along the coast of the High
Barbaree.
"Oh, quarter, Oh, quarter," those pirates
then did cry,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;
But the quarter that we gave them - we sunk
them in the sea,
Coming down along the coast of the High
Barbaree. |
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