From the sheet music. (See Masato's link above.)


BLOW ON! BLOW ON!
The Pirate's Glee.
Words, Arthur Morrill Esq. Music, Benjamin F. Baker.
Boston: Geo. P. Reed & Co., 1840.

1. Blow on! Blow on! We love the howling
Of winds that waft us o'er the sea.
As fearless as the wolf that's prowling
Upon our native hills are we.
The doom'd in terror fly before us.
We've nail'd the black flag to the mast!
It there shall float triumphant o'er us.
We will defend it to the last!

2. Roll on! Roll on! We love the motion
Of waves that bear us on our way.
No swifter bark e'er sail'd the ocean.
No skiff more lightly skims the bay.
The lightning from the sky is flashing!
The thunder's distant roar we hear,
But while o'er seas we thus are dashing,
We waves, nor winds, nor lightnings fear!

3. Flash on! Flash on! We love the gleaming
That through the darkness shows our way.
The black flag still is proudly streaming
As proudly as it floats by day.
The waves' roar with the thunder mingling,
Is music that we love to hear.
The lightning's flash at midnight shining
Shows us a scene forever dear.