lirik lagu abdal hakim murad - the sallee rover
[verse 1]
now welcome to all of you corsairs bold
that sail o’er the foaming sea
i’ll tell you a tale as long as a whale
of mammee the tar of sallee
near stow~in~the~wold did he first see this world
but salt in his veins set him free
from ploughshare he fled, from stone~horse and shed
to fall all in love with the sea
[verse 2]
the papists of spain was every man’s bane
black priests roamed to harry and burn
no man would stand up to drain the brave cup
of fighting ’gainst foemen so stern
but then the brave moors, of africa’s shores
from tunis and bone and sallee
from headland and bay, all rose to the fray
to fall all in love with the sea
[verse 3]
the arts of the wars was taught to the moors
by captains dansecker and ward
from stowage of dips to rigging of ships
to frapping of cannon with cord
they took to the main, those proud exiles of spain
to humble their old enemy
inquisitors quailed, their caravels failed
to drive those brave moors from the sea
[verse 4]
now mammee the rais he was first in the race
to singe the old king of spain’s beard
from sallee he’d sail, in zephyr and gale
to do what the papists most feared
the groyne he knew well, and at cape mirabel
the papists all fled from mammee
when topsails they spied, the spaniards all cried
the corsairs are come from the sea!
[verse 4]
the colours that flew o’er his trustworthy crew
was crimson and man~in~the~moon
oh ’twas such a sight when courses shone bright
by the sun of a may afternoon
brass cannon would shine like a ship of the line
the yards they were black ebony
and mammee would stand, with spyglass in hand
to scan all the blue foaming sea
[verse 5]
he guided his helm o’er his watery realm
nor border nor frontier he knew
a prince of the sea, a king of sallee
no man his proud ship could subdue
until at his end his last breath he’d commend
when his days was all brought by the lee
as he bade farewell to those he loved well
he took leave of the shore and the sea
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