Look ahead, look astern, look the weather and the lee,
(Resp):  Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.
I see a wreck to windward and a lofty ship to lee,
(Resp):  A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbaree.
"O hail her! O hail her!" our gallant cap'n cried,
(Resp):  Blow High! Blow low! And so sailed we.
"Are you a man-o'-war or a privateer?" cried he.
(Resp):  A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbaree.
"Oh, no I'm not a man-o'-war, nor privateer," cried he,
(Resp):  Blow High! Blow low! And so sailed we.
"But I'm a salt sea pirate, all a-lookin' for me fee!"
(Resp):  A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbaree.
For broadside, for broadside, a long time we lay;
(Resp):  Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.
Until at last the frigate shot the pirate's mast away.
(Resp):  A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbaree.
For quarters ! For quarters ! the saucy pirates cried.
(Resp):  Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.
The quarters that we showed them was to sink them in the tide.
(Resp):  A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbaree.
But O ! It was a [bad word] sight, and grieved us full sore,
(Resp):  Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.
To see them all a-drowning as they tried to swim to shore.
(Resp):  A-sailing down along the coasts of High Barbaree.
With cutlass, and with gun, O we fought them hours three;
(Resp):  Blow high ! Blow low ! and so sailed we.
The ship it was their coffin, and their grave it was the sea.
(Resp):  A-sailing down all on the coasts of High Barbaree.
(Resp):  A-sailing down all on the coasts of High--- Barbaree.