Misc Traditional – Captain Ward And The Rainbow (Guitar)

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Come all ye jolly mariners

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That love to take a dram

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Let's go and seek for Captain Ward

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Who over the seas has come

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He is the greatest robber

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As you shall quickly hear

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There's not been such a robber found

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This last six hundred years

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The King he got a letter

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On the sixth of January

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Saying - Let bold Captain Ward come in

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With all his company

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If that you do let him in

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Until his tale is told

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For ransom he will offer you

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A twenty tons of gold

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No, no - says the King

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That can never be

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Captain Ward is a robber

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A robber on the sea

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Well, the King he has provided

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A ship of noble fame

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Called the Royal Rainbow

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If you would know her name

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She was as well provided for

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As any ship could be

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Full five hundred men on board

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To bear her company

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When the Royal Rainbow came

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Where Captain Ward did lie

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Who is the master of this ship

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The Rainbow's crew did cry

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The same am I - says Captain Ward

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Why, ashamed I never will be

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If you were the King's fair ship

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You're welcome unto me

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No, no - says the King

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That can never be

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Captain Ward is a robber

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A robber on the sea

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For I never robbed an English ship

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Just France's ships or Spain's

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Likewise the blackguard Dutchman

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That met upon the main

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Had I got a letter through

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This two weeks past or three

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I would've spared Lord Essex's life

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This pains me grievously

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Six o' clock in the morning

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They began to fight

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So they did continue

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Till nine o' clock at night

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Fight on, fight on - says Captain Ward

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So well it pleases me

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If you fight a month or more

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Your master I will be

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Then the Royal Rainbow

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She fired on in vain

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Till full four hundred of her crew

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Upon the decks lay slain

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Go home, go home - says Captain Ward

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And tell your King from me

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He may rule King o'er all the land

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But Ward's the King on sea

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No, no - says the King

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That can never be

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Captain Ward is a robber

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A robber on the sea

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No, no - says the King

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That can never be

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Captain Ward is a robber

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A robber on the sea

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No, no - says the King

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That can never be

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Captain Ward is a robber

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A robber on the sea