Oh it's of a ship and a ship of fame

Launched off the stocks, bound to sail the main

With one hundred and fifty brisk young men

Well picked and chosen every one

And William Glenn was the captain's name

He was a fine and a tall young man

As fine a sailor as sailed the sea

And we were sailing to New Barbary



On the first of April, then we set sail

Blessed with a fine and a prosperous gale

And we were bound for New Barbary

With all of our whole ship's company

We hadn't been sailing a league or two

Til all of our whole ship's jovial crew

They all fell sick but 63

As we were sailing to New Barbary



One night the Captain then he did dream

A voice came to him and said to him