Am Em Am Em There were two lofty ships, from old England cameAm Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail weAm Em Am Em One was the Prince of Luther, and the other Prince of WalesAm Am G G Am Am Am Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary [Verse 2]Am Em Am Em "Aloft there, aloft," our jolly boatsman criedAm Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail weAm Em Am Em "Look ahead, look astern, look the weather, look a-lee"Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am "Look down along the coast of High Barbary" [Verse 3]Am Em Am Em "There's naught upon the stern, there's naught upon the leeAm Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail weAm Em Am Em But there's a lofty ship to windward, and she's sailin' fast and free"Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Down along the coast of High Barbary [Verse 4]Am Em Am Em "Oh hail her, oh hail her," our gallant captain criedAm Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail weAm Em Am Em "Are you a man of war, a privateer, a merchant ship?," said heAm Am G G Am Am Am Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary [Verse 5]Am Em Am Em "I am not a man of war, a privateer," said heAm Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail weAm Em Am Em "But I'm a salt sea pirate, a-looking for my fee"Am Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Down along the coast of High Barbary [Verse 6]Am Em Am Em For broadside, for broadside, a long time we layAm Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail weAm Em Am Em Until the Prince of Luther shot the pirate's mast awayAm Am G G Am Am Am Am Down along the coast of High Barbary [Verse 7]Am Em Am Em "For quarter, for quarter," the pirates they did cryAm Em C G Blow high, blow low, and so sail weAm Em Am Em But the answer that we gave them: we sunk them in the seaAm Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High BarbaryAm Am G G G G Am Am Am Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High BarbaryAm Am G G G G Am Cruisin' down along the coast of High Barbary
Coast Of High Barbary
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