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 cruel 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.