The Coast Of High Barbary

Look ahead, look astern
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 along the coast
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 along the coast
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 along the coast
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 along the coast
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 along the coast
Of High Barbary

With cutlass, and with gun, O'
We fought 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

Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
A-sailing down all on the
Coasts of High Barbary