Joseph Arthur - High Barbary
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006)
Original in Am
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[Verse 1]
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There were two lofty ships, from old England came
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Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
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One was the Prince of Luther, and the other Prince of Wales
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Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 2]
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"Aloft there, aloft," our jolly boatsman cried
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Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
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"Look ahead, look astern, look the weather, look a-lee"
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"Look down along the coast of High Barbary"
[Verse 3]
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"There's naught upon the stern, there's naught upon the lee
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Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
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But there's a lofty ship to windward, and she's sailin' fast and free"
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Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 4]
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"Oh hail her, oh hail her," our gallant captain cried
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Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
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"Are you a man of war, a privateer, a merchant ship?," said he
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Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 5]
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"I am not a man of war, a privateer," said he
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Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
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"But I'm a salt sea pirate, a-looking for my fee"
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Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 6]
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For broadside, for broadside, a long time we lay
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Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
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Until the Prince of Luther shot the pirate's mast away
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Down along the coast of High Barbary
[Verse 7]
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"For quarter, for quarter," the pirates they did cry
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Blow high, blow low, and so sail we
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But the answer that we gave them: we sunk them in the sea
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Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
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Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
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Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary