Pirate's Call, The

DESCRIPTION: "There's a prize upon the deep, boys, There's gold in the gathering gale, Then to your posts quick leap, boys... Awake, awake, bold pirates." The target is heavily-laden. A broadside causes her to give in. "The ocean shall be their shroud."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: c. 1845 (The Buccaneer Songster, according to Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs)
KEYWORDS: homicide pirate ship
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs 74, "The Pirate's Call" (1 text; #50 in the first edition)
Roud #V30992
File: FrPi074

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