It was not far from land, O there I espied a fair pretty maid, With a comb and a glass in her hand. O the raging seas did roar, And the stormy winds did blow, While we poor sailors were up into the top, And the land lubbers laid below. Then up spoke a boy of our gallant ship, And a well speaking boy was he, "I've a father and mother in fair Portsmouth town, And this night they will weep for me." Then up spoke a man of our gallant ship, And a well spoken man was he, "I have married a wife in fair London town, And this night a widow she shall be." Then up spoke the captain of our gallant ship, And a valiant man was he, "For want of a boat we shall be drowned," For she sunk to the bottom of the sea. The moon shone bright, and the stars gave light, And my mother was looking for me, She might look, and weep, with watery eyes, She might look to the bottom of the sea. Three times round went our gallant ship, And three times round went she, Three times round went our gallant ship, Then she sunk to the bottom of the sea. [Illustration: 0300] CAPTAIN WARD AND THE RAINBOW [Broadside.] |Strike up, you lusty gallants, With music and sound of drum, For we have descried a rover Upon the sea is come. His name is Captain Ward, Right well it doth appear There has not been such a rover Found out this thousand year. For he hath sent unto the king, The sixth of January, Desiring that he might come in With all his company: "And if your king will let me come, Till I my tale have told, I will bestow for my ransom Full thirty ton of gold." "O nay, O nay," then said our king, "O nay, this may not be, To yield to such a rover, Myself will not agree; He hath deceived the Frenchman,. Likewise the king of Spain, And how can he be true to me That hath been false to twain?" With that our king provided A ship of worthy fame, Rainbow is she called, If you would know her name. Now the gallant Rainbow, She roves upon the sea, Five hundred gallant seamen To bear her company. The Dutchman, and the Spaniard, She made them for to flee, Also the bonny Frenchman, As she met him on the sea. When as this gallant Rainbow Did come where Ward did lie, "Where is the captain of this ship?" This gallant Rainbow did cry. "Oh, that am I," said Captain Ward, "There's no man bids me lie; And if thou art the king's fair ship, Thou art welcome unto me." "I tell thee what," says Rainbow, "Our king is in great grief, That thou shouldst lie upon the sea, And play the arrant thief. "And will not let our merchant ships Pass as they did before; Such tidings to our king is come, Which grieves his heart full sore." With that this gallant Rainbow She shot out of her pride,