Nic Jones - Captain Glen lyrics

Oh there was a ship and a ship of fame Launched off the stocks bound to sail the main With a hundred and fifty brisk young men Well picked and chosen every one And William Glen was the captain's name He was a fine and a tall young man As bold a sailor as went to sea And he was baying for High Barbary On the first of April then we set set sail Blessed with a fine and a prosperous gale We were bound for New Barbary With all of our ship's company And we hadn't been a-sailing a league or two 'til all of our ship's jovial crew They all fell sick but sixty three As we were sailing to New Barbary And one night then the captain he did dream There came a voice which said to him Prepare yourself and your company For tomorrow night you must lie with me This woke the captain in a terrible fright It being the third watch of the night And aloud to the bo'sun then he did call And to him told his secrets all When I in England I did remain The Holy Sabbath I did profane And I slew in Staffordshire All for the love of his lady fair And it's of the ghost that I am afraid As in me such terror bred Keep this secret within your breast Pray to the Lord that he'll give you rest They hadn't been a-sailing a league but three 'til raging brew the roaring sea There rose a tempest all in the skies Which did our hearts fill with such surprise And the main mast sprung at the break of day Which made our rigging to all give way And did our seamen sore afright The terrors of that fateful night And the bo'sun he then did declare That the captain he was a murderer Which so enraged the whole ship's crew That overboard our captain threw Our treacherous captain he being gone Immediately there was a calm And the winds abated and so did the sea And we went sailing to New Barbary