Pirate's Song (V), The

DESCRIPTION: "O Lady, come to the Indies with me, And reign and rule on the sunny sea." The singer tells of a gallant ship and hopes for "the foe on our lee." Neither French nor Americans frighten him. She will be "queen of the fathomless brine."
AUTHOR: Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) (source: Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1895 (Rinder's Naval Songs, according to Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs)
KEYWORDS: pirate courting battle nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Frank-NewBookOfPirateSongs 75, "The Pirate's Song (II)" (1 text; as "The Pirate's Song (III), it is #54 in the first edition)
File: FrPi075

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