Our ship she lay in harbour
In Liverpool Dock she lay
Awaiting for fresh orders
And our anchor for to weigh
Bound down for the coast of Africa
Our orders did run so
O we're going to sink and destroy, me boys,
No matter where we go.
Well, we had not been sailing
Scarce fifty leagues and more
When we espied a tall lofty ship
Come down on us she bore
O she hailed us in French colours
And she asked us from whence we came
O we've just come down from Liverpool town
And the Dolphin is our name.
"Are you a man of war, sir?
Pray tell me what you be."
"I am no man of war, sir,
But a pirate ship you see,
Come heave up your fore and your main yards
And let your ship come to
For our tackle's overhauled and our boats are all lowered,
Or else we will sink you."
Our captain stood on the quarterdeck
He was brave and fearless too.
"It's three to one against us," he cried
All to our jovial crew
And if it had been my younger brother
This battle would still have been tried,
Let every man stand true to his guns
And we'll give to them a broadside.
Now broadside to broadside,
Which caused us all to wonder
For to see them lofty tall ship's masts
Come rattling down like thunder
We shot them from our quarterdeck
Until they could no longer stay
Our guns being smart and we played the best part
And we showed them Liverpool play.
Now that lofty tall ship was taken
And in Liverpool Dock was moored
We fired shots with our own sweethearts
And them fancy girls on shore
We lowered down the French colours
And we hoisted the red, white and blue
Now let's drink success to the Dolphin
And all her jovial crew.
credits
from 52 Folk Songs: Yellow,
released April 22, 2012
Phil Edwards: vocal, melodica, drums
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