Come spread your sails with steady gales
And helmsman steer her right
Hoist the grim death flag the pirate cried
For a vessel heaves in sight
Run out your guns, in haste bear down
From us she must not slip
Cheer, cheer lads, cheer we know no fear
On board the demon ship
(Chorus)
And huzzah for the life of war and strife
Oh, a pirate's life for me
My barque shall ride the foaming tide
I'm a demon of the sea
Two ships of war came from afar
From Henry, England's king
Go fetch, he said alive or dead
That pirate captain bring
But his pride I shook, his ships I took
And sunk them in the waves
610 of Henry's men
Met with a watery grave
(Chorus)
And yon ship too I mean shall sue
That ever my bark saw(r)
For by her rig she seems to be
A British man-o-war
Give a broadside the pirate cried
Show them a pirate's fare
Fire red-hot balls , destroy them all
And blow them in the air
(Chorus)
Two ships engaged in equal rage
In dreadful murderous scene
The die was cast for a ball at last
Had struck her magazine
Now one and all did stand appalled
And seemed in great despair
For the captain too and all his crew
Were blown high in the air
And no more will he ride the foaming tide
No more a dread will he be
For the pirate's dead low lays his head
In the deep and dark blue sea