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Won't you help support DayPoems? The Coasts of High BarbaryBy Anonymous16th CenturyChild Ballad 285 Look ahead, look a stern, Look the weather in the lee, Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we. I see a wreck to the windward And a lofty ship to lee, A sailing down all on The coasts of High Barbary O are you a pirate Or a man-o-war? cried we. Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we. O no! I'm not a pirate But a man-o-war, cried he. A sailing down all on The coasts of High Barbary We'll back up our topsails And heave our vessel to; Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we. For we have got some letters To be carried home by you. A sailing down all on The coasts of High Barbary For broadside, for broadside They fought all on the main; Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we. Until at last the frigate Shot the pirate's mast away. A sailing down all on The coasts of High Barbary For quarters! For quarters! The saucy pirates cried, Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we. The quarters that we showed them Was to sink them in the tide. A sailing down all on The coasts of High Barbary With cutlass and gun, O we fought for hours three; Blow high! Blow low! And so sailed we. The ship it was their coffin And their grave it was the sea. A sailing down all on The coasts of High Barbary DayPoems Poem No. 2492 Comment on DayPoems? If you are like us, you have strong feelings about poetry, and about each poem you read. Let it all out! Comment on this poem, any poem, DayPoems, other poetry places or the art of poetry at DayPoems Feedback. Won't you help support DayPoems? Click here to learn more about how you can keep DayPoems on the Web . . . Copyright The DayPoems web site, www.daypoems.net, is copyright 2001-2005 by Timothy K. Bovee. All rights reserved. The authors of poetry and other material appearing on DayPoems retain full rights to their work. Any requests for publication in other venues must be negotiated separately with the authors. The editor of DayPoems will gladly assist in putting interested parties in contact with the authors. |
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