High Barbary (Live)

from Five Years at Sea by Pyrates!

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High Barbary - (Live)
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There were two lofty ships, O’ a-sailin’ on the sea,
Blow High! (HEY!) Blow low! (ARR!!) And so sailed we… (YARR HARR!!)
One the Prince o' Luther and the other Prince o' Wales,
A-sailin’ down along the coast of High Barbary.

Look ahead, look astern, look a-weather and a-lee
I see a wreck to windward and a ship upon the sea

Oh Are you a pirate or a man-o-war
I am not a pirate but a harmless man-o-war

For broadside, For broadside they fought along the main
Until at last the pirates shot the frigates mast away

With Cutlass and gun we fought for hours three
And their ship it was their coffin, and their grave it was the sea.

O’ quarter! O’quarter! the Navy they did cry,
But you men know not of quarter,” o’ the captain did reply,

But o it was a cruel sight and grieved us full sore
To see them all a-drowning as they tried to swim ashore

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from Five Years at Sea, released August 18, 2023

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Pyrates! Are an award winning sea shanty folk rock band who will take you on a musical excursion across the oceans themselves as they breathe new life back into sea shanties, traditional songs, old folk favourites and ballads whose origins have been forgotten and lost in time. ... more

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