The Coasts of High Barbary

from Score by The Jolly Rogers

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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 with 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

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from Score, released May 5, 2020

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The Jolly Rogers Kansas City, Missouri

Pirates before pirates were cool. The Jolly Rogers were born as the Earth still cooled, waaaay back in 1991. Bringing maritime music, sea shanties, drinking and bawdy songs to audiences before pirates were all the rage, they've been a main stage act at venues across America and Europe. ... more

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