Rover of the Sea (II), The

DESCRIPTION: "I'm a rover of the seas, And chief of a daring band, Who obey all my decrees, And laugh at the law of the land." The singer is "King of the waves" and "terror of the main" and envies no other monarch; he lives a merry life, for "I can but die at last."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2011 (Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs), from a broadside perhaps of the 1850s
KEYWORDS: pirate royalty
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs 47, "The Rover of the Seat" (1 text, plus a broadside print)
Roud #V1192
File: FrPi047

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