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T128116 1 NONE Twas When the Seas Were Roaring STRIKE up you lusty gallants, / With music beat of drum, Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 1: 1094 A Famous SEA-FIGHT, / BETWEEN / Captain Ward and the Rainbow. A Famous SEA-FIGHT, BETWEEN Captain Ward and the Rainbow. ?-?

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STRIKE up you lusty gallants, With music beat of drum, For we have got a Rover Upon the sea is come: His name is Captain Ward, Right well it doth appear, There has not been such a Rover, Found out these thousand years. For he hath sent unto the King, The sixth of January,
Desiring that he may come in, With all his company, And if the King will let me come, Till I my tale have told, I will b[e]stow for my ransom, Full thirty ton of gold. O nay, O nay, then said the King, O nay that must not be, To yield to such a Rover, Myself will not agree.
He hath deceivd the Frenchmen, Likewise the King of Spain, Then how can he be true to me, Who has been false to twain, With that the King provided, A ship of worthy fame, The Rainbow she is called, If you would know her name. And now the gallant Rainbow, She rolls upon the sea, Five hundred gallant seamen, To keep her company, The Dutchmen and the Spaniards, She made them for to flee, Also the bonny Frenchmen, As she met on the sea. When as the gallant Rainbow, Did come where he did lie, Where is the captain of that ship. The Rainbow she did cry. O that am I, says Capt. Ward, Theres one bids me lie, And if thou art the Kings fair ship, Thourt welcome unto me. Ill tell thee what, said the Rainbow, Our King is in great grief, That thou shouldst lie upon the seas, And play the errant thief. You will not let our Merchantmen, Pass as they did before; Such tidings to our King is come, Which grieves his heart full fore. With that this gallant Rainbow, She shot out of her pride, Full fifty good brass pieces, Charged on every side. And yet these gallant shooters, Prevailed not a pin, Tho they were brass on the outside, Brave Ward was steel within.
Shoot on, Shoot on, said Captain Ward, Your sport well pleaseth me, And he that first gives over, Shall yield unto the sea. I never wrongd an English ship, But Turk and King of Spain, Likewise the blackguard Dutchmen, Which I met on the main: If I had known your king, But two or three days before, I would have savd Lord Essexs life, Whose death doth grieve me sore. Go tell the king of England, Go tell him this from me, If he reigns king of all the land, I will reign king at sea. With that the gallant Rainbow, She shot and shot in vain, Then left the Rovers company, And home returnd again. Our royal King of England, Your ships returnd again, For Captain Ward he is so strong, He never will be taen. Oh! everlasting said the King, I have lost jewels three, Which would have gone unto the sea, And brought proud Ward to me, The first was Lord Clifford, Great Earl of Cumberland, The second was Lord Mountjoy. As you shall understand. The third was brave Lord Essex, From field would never flee; Who would have gone unto the sea, And brought proud Ward to me.