The Bold Princess Royal This song is said to be based on a true story. It was a popular broadside ballad in England and America, during the mid and late 1800s. Music by - Blue Epitaph Lyrics On the fourteenth of February We sailed from the land, In the bold Princess Royal Bound for Newfoundland, We had forty brave seamen For our ship's company, And boldly from the eastward To the westward sailed we. 'We had not been sailing Past days two or three, When a man from our foremast A sail he did see, She hove down upon us To see what we were, And under her foremast Black colours she wore. Now when this bold pirate She hove alongside, With a large speaking trumpet, 'Whence come you?' they cried. Our captain being aft, boys, He answered him so; We come from fair London And we're bound for Cairo:' 'Come haul down your topsails, Your sternsails also, For I have a letter To send home by you' 'I'll not haul down my topsail Nor heave my sails to, But shall be in some harbour, Not alongside of you?' They fired shot after us But could not prevail, When the bold Princess Royal Soon shewed them her tail, They drove us to windward, But couldn't make us stay, We hoisted our mainsail And then bore away. 'Thank God,' cries our captain, 'The pirate is gone. Come down to your grog boys, Come down everyone, Come down to your grog boys And be of good cheer, For while we have sea-room, Brave boys, never fear.' MAIN MENU / NEXT SONG 
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