Life of the Bold Buccaneer

DESCRIPTION: "The life of the bold Buccaneer Is ever joyous and new, Upon the wave to steer With a jolly and daring crew." They fly over the sea, and make peace with no one -- except when, in war, they are privateers "'neath the starry flag of the free"
AUTHOR: Music: from "A Life on the Ocean Wave," by Henry Russell (1812-1900)
EARLIEST DATE: before 1850 (various songsters, according to Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs)
KEYWORDS: pirate ship war
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs 69, "Life of the Bold Buccaneer" (1 text, 1 tune; #44 in the first edition)
Roud #V36066
NOTES [10 words]: For background on Henry Russell, see "Cheer, Boys, Cheer (II)."
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