Pirate's Song (IV)

DESCRIPTION: "Come pass round the bowl and the festive board hail, We will drink deep tonight, for tomorrow we sail... We seek for an equal game, conquer or die." "The eagle aloft on Icarian flight Feels no more at home than we in the fight." They fight man and sea
AUTHOR: Words: George W. Frase / Music: Charles Leslie (source: Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1853 (sheet music, according to Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs)
KEYWORDS: pirate ship battle nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs 60, "Pirate's Song (I)" (1 text, 1 tune; #34 in the first edition)
Roud #V26999
File: FrPi060

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