{"id":867,"date":"2008-09-23T20:15:15","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T04:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?page_id=867"},"modified":"2018-05-02T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T21:05:17","slug":"sea-shantyhigh-barbaree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/sea-shantyhigh-barbaree\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Shanty: &#8220;The Courts of High Barbary&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Zs-Zr95aw8?rel=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nTraditional &#8211; Lyrics from <em>Iron Men &amp; Wooden Ships<\/em>, by Frank Shay<\/p>\n<p>There were two lofty ships from old England came,<br \/>\nBlow high, blow low, and so sailed we;<br \/>\nOne was the Prince of Luther, and the other Prince of Wales,<br \/>\nCruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aloft there, aloft!&#8221; our jolly boatswain cries,<br \/>\nBlow high, blow low, and so sailed we;<br \/>\n&#8220;Look ahead, look astern, look aweather and alee,<br \/>\nLook along down the coast of the High Barbaree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nought upon the stern, there&#8217;s nought upon the lee,<br \/>\nBlow high, blow low, and so sailed we;<br \/>\nBut there&#8217;s a lofty ship to windward, and she&#8217;s sailing fast and free,<br \/>\nSailing down along the coast of the High Barbaree.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, hail her, Oh, hail her,&#8221; our gallant captain cried,<br \/>\nBlow high, blow low, and so sailed we;<br \/>\n&#8220;Are you a man-o&#8217;-war or a privateer,&#8221; said he,<br \/>\n&#8220;Cruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, I am not a man-o&#8217;-war nor privateer,&#8221; said he,<br \/>\nBlow high, blow low, and so sailed we;<br \/>\n&#8220;But I&#8217;m a salt-sea pirate a-looking for my fee,<br \/>\n&#8220;Cruising down the coast of the High Barbaree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, &#8217;twas broadside to broadside a long time we lay,<br \/>\nBlow high, blow low, and so sailed we;<br \/>\nUntil the Prince of Luther shot the pirate&#8217;s masts away,<br \/>\nCruising down along the coast of the High Barbaree.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, quarter, Oh, quarter,&#8221; 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