Reply to : firehazard
The words are here: http://www.folkinfo.org/songs/displaysong.php?songid=250Though I'm not sure that it's precisely the same version that J&J do...
No fear, Trunkles is here!
These are the words for the J's version (as far as I can remember!) and if ever there was a sign that you have attended to many gig's it's being able to recall all the words from a song that has not yet been release!
Oh... sad, sad trunkles..
Come all you gallant sailors bold and you that march to drum,
Lets go and look for Captain Ward, far out on the seas he roams,
For he is the biggest robber that ever you did hear,
There has not been such a robber found in above this hundred year
The wind blows high and the wind blows low all on the raging sea
Our ship was sailing from the east and going to the west,
All loaded with silks and satins fine and velvets of the best,
But in meeting there with Captain Ward it was a sading scene,
For he rob us of our wealth and store and he bid us tell our king.
The wind blows high and the wind blows low all on the raging sea
So our king then has built him a ship of noted fame,
She is called the Royal Rainbow if you would know her name,
She was a well provide for as any a ship could be,
With thirteen hundred sailors bold to bear her company.
The wind blows high and the wind blows low all on the raging sea
At six o'clock in the morning how they did begin to fight,
And so they did continue till there until eight o'clock at night.
"Fight on, fight on," says Captain Ward, "for your sport pleases me,
Although you'll fight for a month or more, your master still I'll be.
The wind blows high and the wind blows low all on the raging sea
And then the Royal Rainbow she fired, but she fired all in vain,
Until three hundred sailor bold all on the ship lay slain
Go home, go home says Captain Ward and tell your king from me
Although he's king of all dry land yet I'm king of the sea
The wind blows high and the wind blows low all on the raging sea
Well done! Very impressive- thank you.
