Steeleye Span - Captain Coulston lyrics
[Steeleye Span - Captain Coulston lyrics]
Come and join with Captain Coulston
That hero stout and bold
Who fought his way all on the
Sea and never was controlled
For six long weeks in summer gales
We sailed upon the sea
All bound for New York City
That city fair to see
The captain and his lady they
Came on deck each day
To help us with our merriment
Going to Amerikay the merriment being over
We're going to bed one night
The captain he came upon deck to
See if all was right
He said: 'My boys
Do not go down you need not think on sleep'
'For in a few hours more we
Shall be slumbering in the deep'
'For a pirate ship is coming
Down upon the western sea'
'To rob us of our property going to Amerikay'
The pirate ship came up to us
And ordered us to stand
'Your gold and precious loading
This moment I demand'
'Your gold and precious cargo
Resign to me this day' 'Or not a soul you'll
Ever bring unto Amerikay'
The battle it commenced, brave boys
And blood in streams did flow
While undaunted did our passengers
The pirate overthrow
The cries of women and children
Lying in the hull below
While the captain and his passengers
The pirate did overthrow
The pirate ship surrendered just by
The break of day
And we brought her as a bounty unto Amerikay
That hero stout and bold
Who fought his way all on the
Sea and never was controlled
For six long weeks in summer gales
We sailed upon the sea
All bound for New York City
That city fair to see
The captain and his lady they
Came on deck each day
To help us with our merriment
Going to Amerikay the merriment being over
We're going to bed one night
The captain he came upon deck to
See if all was right
He said: 'My boys
Do not go down you need not think on sleep'
'For in a few hours more we
Shall be slumbering in the deep'
'For a pirate ship is coming
Down upon the western sea'
'To rob us of our property going to Amerikay'
The pirate ship came up to us
And ordered us to stand
'Your gold and precious loading
This moment I demand'
'Your gold and precious cargo
Resign to me this day' 'Or not a soul you'll
Ever bring unto Amerikay'
The battle it commenced, brave boys
And blood in streams did flow
While undaunted did our passengers
The pirate overthrow
The cries of women and children
Lying in the hull below
While the captain and his passengers
The pirate did overthrow
The pirate ship surrendered just by
The break of day
And we brought her as a bounty unto Amerikay