The Lofty Tall Ship-Martin Carthy/Eliza Carthy/Tim Van Eyken/Norma Waterson

[ti:The Lofty Tall Ship] [ar:Martin Carthy/Eliza Carthy/Tim Van Eyken/Norma Waterson] [al:A Dark Light] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Lofty Tall Ship - Martin Carthy/Eliza Carthy/Tim Van Eyken/Norma Waterson [00:00.66]As we were gone sailing five cold frosty nights [00:08.37] [00:09.25]Five cold frosty nights and four days [00:15.32] [00:16.12]Before we did spy there a lofty tall ship [00:25.23] [00:25.84]She come bearing down on us brave boys [00:32.09] [00:33.97]Oh where are you going you lofty tall ship [00:40.48] [00:41.27]What makes you to venture so nigh [00:46.61] [00:47.86]For I have turned robbing all on the salt sea [00:57.08] [00:57.75]To maintain my two brothers and I [01:04.70] [01:05.69]Then heave on your courses and let go your main sheets [01:13.16] [01:13.69]And bring yourself under my lee [01:20.31] [01:20.98]And I will take from you your rich merchant's goods merchant's goods [01:32.40] [01:33.04]And I'll point your bow guns to the sea [01:40.74] [01:41.44]No not heave up my courses nor let go my main sheets [01:48.72] [01:49.37]Nor let her come under your lee [01:55.95] [01:56.60]Nor you will take from me my rich merchant's goods merchant's goods [02:08.81]Nor you'll point my bow guns to the sea [02:16.39] [02:17.09]Now broadside and broadside these vessels they went [02:25.00]They were fighting four hours or more [02:31.33] [02:31.93]Till henry martin gave to her a broadside [02:41.71] [02:42.23]And she sank and she never rose more [02:50.19] [02:50.83]Sad news henry martin sad news I've to tell [02:58.98]Sad news it is going around [03:05.62] [03:06.41]Of a lofty tall ship and she's cast away [03:15.63] [03:16.78]And the whole of her merry men drowned