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Notes Faites abord du Languedoc

You being Appointed & Commission'd to the Command of the Arm'd Brig^t Hazard¹ in the Service…

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Notes Faites abord du Languedoc

                              I.
Come listen and I'll tell you

'Tis of a gallant Yankee ship
That flew the stripes and stars,
And the whistling wind from the west-nor'-west

Chevaliers de la table ronde,
Goûtons voir si le vin est bon ; (bis)
       Goûtons voir, oui, oui, oui,

I.

You've all heard of Paul Jones, have you not, have you not ?
You've all heard of Paul Jones, have you not ?

Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre ; mironton, mironton, mirontaine,
Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre, ne sait quand reviendra

I wish I was a cabin boy, aboard a Man O’War
Sam’s gone away, aboard a Man O’War.
I wish I was a cabin boy, aboard a Man O’War

Johnny Todd he took a notion
For to cross the ocean wide.
And he left his true love behind him
Weeping by the Liverpool tide.

Ye brave British tars, come, attend to my muse.
Be jovial and hearty, in wine let's carouse;

Come, rouse up, my lads, let us haste to the main.
And load home our chests with the dollars of Spain,

Good people of Old England, come, listen unto me,
All you who live at home at ease, and from all dangers free,

From Boston Harbour we set sail,
When it was blowing a devil of a gale,
With our ringtail set abaft the mizzen peak

                              I.
THE topsail shivers in the wind,

                              I.

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This acknowledges by us the Rect. of your favor of the 10th of Augt. by the Virginian Capt. J.

We your Lordships most Humble admirers, and dutifull adherents having taken into our most [careful] consideration, Your Lordships…