High Barbaree

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 ,
Sailing 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 our stern, there's nought upon our lee, "
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we:
" But there's a lofty ship to windward, 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-of-war or a Yankee privateer? " asked he,
" Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree! "

" Oh, I am not a man-of-war nor privateer, " said she,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we:
" But I am a deep-sea pirate, a-looking for my fee. "
Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree!

" If you are a jolly pirate, we'd have you come this way! "
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we:
" Bring out your quarter guns, we'll show these pirates play, "
Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree!

'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 sank them in the sea,
Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree!
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