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High Barbaree

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High Barbaree - staff notation
X:2571
T:High Barbaree
O:england
S:Digital Tradition, highbarb
N:Hugill gives two tunes: an older one, used as a forebitter, and
N:a faster one, used as a shanty. Both are supplied. RG
B:From several sources; tunes from Hugill
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=100
W:There were two lofty ships, from old England came
W:Blow High Blow low And so sailed we,
W:One was the Prince o' Luther and the other Prince o' Wales.
W:Cruisin' down along the coast of the High Barbaree.
W:
W:"Aloft, there, aloft" our bully [jolly] bosun cried.
W:Blow highl Blow low An' so sailed we
W:"Look ahead, look astern, look to weather an' a-lee"
W:All a-cruisin' down the coasts of the High Barbaree
W:
W:"There's naught upon the starn, sir, there's naught upon the lee
W:But there's a lofty ship to wind'ard an' she's sailin' fast an' free"
W:
W:"O hail her O hail her' our gallant cap'n cried,
W:Are you a man-o'-war or a privateer?" cried he.
W:
W:"Oh, no I'm not a man-o'-war, nor privateer," cried he,
W:"But I'm a salt sea pirate, all a-lookin' for me fee"
W:
W:"For broadside, for broadside, a long time we lay,
W:Till at last the Prince o' Luther shot the plrate's mast away
W:
W:"O quarter O quarter' those pirates they did cry,
W:But the quarter that we gave 'em, was to sink 'em in the sea.
K:Bb
D|D2G G2A|B3 c2-B|A3 B2A|D3 z2D|\
D2-D3D|d2-d3D|G2-A B2-c|d3- d2B|
d2d B2d|c2c A2c|B2B A2G|D3 B,2C|\
D2G B2A|G3 G2F|D3 G2^F|G3- G2||

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