StoryTitle("caps", "The Salcombe Seaman's Flaunt to the Proud Pirate") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(67, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A lofty ship from Salcombe came,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She had golden trucks, that shone like flame, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Masthead, masthead,\" the captains hail, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Look out and round, d'ye see a sail?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"There's a ship that looms like Beachy Head,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Her banner aloft it blows out red,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Oh, ship ahoy, and where do you steer?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Are you man-of-war, or privateer?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I am neither one of the two,\" said she, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I'm a pirate, looking for my fee,\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I 'm a jolly pirate, out for gold:\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we;", "") ?>
PagePoem(68, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I will rummage through your after hold,\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The grumbling guns they flashed and roared, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Till the pirate's masts went overboard, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They fired shots till the pirate's deck, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Was blood and spars and broken wreck, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O do not haul the red flag down,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O keep all fast until we drown,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They called for cans of wine, and drank, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They sang their songs until she sank, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Now let us brew good cans of flip, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And drink a bowl to the Salcombe ship, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And drink a bowl to the lad of fame, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Who put the pirate ship to shame, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "On the bonny coasts of Barbary. ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>