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Captain Ward and the Rainbow.
Come all ye valiant ſailors bold,
that live by tuck of drum,
I'll tell you of a robber
who on the ſeas is come;
His name is called Captain Ward,
as you the truth ſall hear,
There has not been ſuch robber,
this hundred and ſixty year.
He's wrote a letter to our king,
on the fifth of January,
To ſee if he would take him in
and all his company.
To ſee if he would accept of him.
and all his jolly ſailors bold,
And for a ranſom he would give
two thouſand pounds in gold.
Firſt he beguil'd the wild Turk,
and then the king of Spain,
Pray how can he prove true to us,
when he proves falſe to them.
O no O no, then ſaid the king,
for no ſuch thing can be
For he has been a rank robber,
and a robber on the ſea.
that live by tuck of drum,
I'll tell you of a robber
who on the ſeas is come;
His name is called Captain Ward,
as you the truth ſall hear,
There has not been ſuch robber,
this hundred and ſixty year.
He's wrote a letter to our king,
on the fifth of January,
To ſee if he would take him in
and all his company.
To ſee if he would accept of him.
and all his jolly ſailors bold,
And for a ranſom he would give
two thouſand pounds in gold.
Firſt he beguil'd the wild Turk,
and then the king of Spain,
Pray how can he prove true to us,
when he proves falſe to them.
O no O no, then ſaid the king,
for no ſuch thing can be
For he has been a rank robber,
and a robber on the ſea.
