Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Coast Of High Barbary , by - Joseph Arthur. Release date: 25.09.2006
Song language: English
Coast Of High Barbary |
| 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, |
| Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary. |
| «Aloft there, aloft,"our jolly boatswain cried… |
| «Look ahead, look astern, look the weather, look a lee.»… |
| «There's naught upon the stern, there is naught upon the lee… |
| But there’s a lofty ship to windward, she’s sailing fast and free.»… |
| «Oh hail her, oh hail her,"our gallant captain cried… |
| «Are you a man of war or privateer or merchant ship?"said he… |
| «I am not a man of war or privateer,"said he… |
| «But I’m a salt sea pirate a-lookin' for my fee.»… |
| For broadside, for broadside a long time we lay… |
| Until the Prince of Luther shot the pirate’s mast away… |
| For quarter, for quarter those pirates then did cry… |
| But the answer that we gave them, we sunk them in their sea… |