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Brave Benbow he ſet ſail,
For to fight, for to fight,
Brave Benbow he ſet ſail for to fight,
Brave Benbow he ſet ſail,
With a ſweet and pleaſant gale.
But his Captains they turned tail
In a fright, in a fright.
But his Captains turned tail in a fright.
Says Kirby unto Wood,
I will run, I will run,
Says Kirby unto Wood, I will run,
I value no diſgrace,
Nor the-loſing of my place,
For mine en'mies I’ll not face.
With a gun, with a gun.
For mine en’mies I’ll not face with a gun,
was Ruby and Noah’s Ark,
Fought the French, fought the French,
’Twas the Ruby and Noah’s Ark fought the
French,
For there were ten in all,
Poor ſouls they fought them all.
They valued them not at all,
Would not flinch, would not flinch,
They valued them not at all, would not flinch.
Hard fortune that it was.
By chain-ſhot, by chain-ſhot,
Hard fortune that it was by chain-ſhot,
Our Admiral loſt his leg.
And of his men did beg,
