Burl Ives - High Barbaree      Look ahead, look astern, look the weather and the lee,   Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.   I see a wreck to windward and a lofty ship to lee,   A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.         O are you a pirate or a man o'war ? cried we   Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.   O no ! I'm not a pirate, but a man o'war, cried he,   A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.         Then back up your topsails and heave your vessel to;   Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.   For we have got some letters to be carried home by you.   A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.         We'll back up our topsails and heave our vessel to;   Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.   But only in some harbour and along the side of you.   A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.         For broadside, for broadside, they fought all on the main;   Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.   Until at last the frigate shot the pirate's mast away.   A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.         For quarters ! For quarters ! the saucy pirate cried.   Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.   The quarters that we showed them was to sink them in the tide.   A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.         With cutlass, and with gun, O we fought them hours three;   Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.   The ship it was their coffin, and their grave it was the sea.   A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.         But O ! It was a cruel sight, and grieved us full sore,   Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.   To see them all a-drowning as they tried to swim to shore.   A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.