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w:There were two lof-ty ships from - old Eng-land came. Blow
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w:was the Prince of Lu-ther, and the other Prince - of Wales. Crui-sing
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w:down a-long the coast of High - Bar-bar-y
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W:There were two lofty ships from old England came, 
W:(ch) Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we, 
W:One was the Prince of Luther, and the other Prince of Wales, 
W:(ch) Cruising down along the coast of High Barbary. 
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W:'A-loft there, a-loft!' our jolly boatswain cried,  
W:Look ahead, look astern, look a-weather, look a-lee,  
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W:'There's naught upon the stern, there is naught upon the lee'  
W:'But there's a lofty ship to windward, a-sailing fast and free'  
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W:'I'm not a man-o-war, nor a privateer,' said he,  
W:'But I am a salt-sea pirate, a-looking for my prey'.  
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W:Oh, 'Twas to broadside a long time we lay, 
W:Until the Prince of Luther shot the pirate's masts away, 
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W:'Oh, mercy, oh mercy' those pirates then did cry,  
W:(ch) Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we,  
W:But the mercy that we gave them- we sunk them in the sea, 
W:(ch) Down along the coast of High Barbary

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