Come spread your sails with steady gales
and helmsman steer her right
hoist the grim death flag, the pirate cries
for the vessel heaves in sight
run out your guns in haste bear down
from us she must not slip
cheer cheer lads, for we know no fear
on board the demon ship
Then huzza for a life of war and strife
oh the pirates life for me
my bark shall ride the foaming tide
for I am the demon of the sea
Two ships of war came from afar
from Edward, England's king
go fetch, he said, alive or dead
the captain of the pirate ring
but his pride I shook when his ships I took
and I sunk them in the wave
six hundred and ten of proud Edwards men
met with a watery grave
Then huzza for a life of war and strife
oh the pirates life for me
my bark shall ride the foaming tide
for I am the demon of the sea
Two ships engaged in equal rage
in a dreadful murderous scene
the die was cast for a ball at last
had struck her magazine
now one and all did stand appalled
and seemed in great despair
for the captain too and all his crew
were blown high in the air
So no more will he ride the foaming tide
no more a dread will he be
for the pirates dead low lays his head
in the deep and dark blue sea
He cried huzza for a life of war and strife
oh the pirates life for me
my bark shall ride the foaming tide
for I am the demon of the sea