Title: Captain Ward

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Captain Ward 
Captain Ward 
Come all ye jolly mariners That love to tak' a dram I'll tell ye o' a robber That o'er the seas did come. 
He wrote a letter to his king On the eleventh o' July, To see if he wad accept o' him For his jovial company. 
"Oh na, oh na," says the king, "Such things they canna be, They tell me ye are a robber, A robber on the sea." 
He has built a bonnie ship, An' sent her to the sea, Wi' fower an' twenty mariners To guard his bonnie ship wi'. 
They sailed up an' they sailed doon, Sae stately, blythe, an' free, Till they spied the king's high Reindeer Like a leviathan on the sea. 
"Why lie ye here, ye tinker, Ye silly coordly thief? Why lie ye here, ye tinker, An' hold oor king in grief?" 
They fought from one in the morning Till it was six at night, Until the king's high Reindeer Was forced to tak' her flight. 
"Gang hame, gang hame, ye tinkers. Tell ye your king fae me Though he reign king upon good dry land, I will reign king upon the sea." 
From Scottish Folksinger, Buchan and Hall 
Child #287