Captain Ward Songtext
von Spiers & Boden

Come all you gallant sailors bold
Or you who march to drum
Let′s go and look for Captain Ward
Far out on the seas he roams
For he is the biggest robber
That ever you did hear
And there has not been such a robber found in above this hundred year

The wind blows high
And the wind blows low
All on the raging sea

Our ship was sailing from the East and going to the West
All loaded with silks and satins fine
And velvets of their best
But in meeting there with Captain Ward
It was a sad meeting
For he robbed us of our wealth and store
And he bid us tell our king


The wind blows high
And the wind blows low
All on the raging sea

So our king then he has built him a ship of noted fame
She's called the Royal Rainbow if you would know her name
And she was as well provided for
As any ship could be
With thirteen hundred sailors bold to bear her company

The wind blows high
And the wind blows low
All on the raging sea

And at six o′clock in the morning
How they did begin to fight
And so they did continue there 'til eight o'clock at night
"Fight on, fight on," says Captain Ward
"For this what pleases me!"
"Although you′ll fight a month or more
Your master still I′ll be!"

The wind blows high
And the wind blows low
All on the raging sea


And then the Royal Rainbow she fired, but she fired all in vain
Until three hundred sailors bold all on the ship lay slain
"Go home, go home," says Captain Ward and tell your king from me!"
"Although he's king of all dry land, yet I′m king of the sea!"

The wind blows high
And the wind blows low
All on the raging sea