Captain Ward

Come all you gallant sailors bold
All you who march to drum
Let's go and look for Captain Ward
Far out on the seas he roams
For he is the biggest robber
That ever you did hear
And there has not been such a robber
Found in above this hundred year
The wind blows high, and the wind blows low
All on the raging sea
Our ship was sailing from the east
And going to the west
All loaded with silks and satins
Fine and velvets of the best
But in meeting there with Captain Ward
It was a sad meeting
For he robbed us of our wealth and store
And he bid us tell our king
The wind blows high, and the wind blows low
All on the raging sea
So our king then he has built him
A ship of noted fame
She's called the Royal Rainbow
If you would know her name
She was as well provided for
As any ship can be
With thirteen hundred sailors bold
To bear her company
The wind blows high, and the wind blows low
All on the raging sea
And at six o'clock in the morning
How they did begin to fight
And so they did continue there
Till eight o'clock at night
"Fight on, fight on," says Captain Ward
"For this sport pleases me
Although you'll fight a month or more
Your master still I'll be"
The wind blows high, and the wind blows low
All on the raging sea
And then the Royal Rainbow she fired
But she fired all in vain
Until three hundred sailors bold
All on the ship lay slain
"Go home, go home," says Captain Ward
"And tell your king from me
Although he's king of all dry land
Yet I'm king of the sea"
The wind blows high, and the wind blows low
All on the raging sea