 | Blackbeard ; or, The Captive Princess |  |
SCENE VII.
A West Indian View.Enter Orra and Ismene much agitated—Ismene thanking her for her seeming friendship, and Orra shewing a disposition, the first fair opportunity, of destroying her—Ismene wishes to take her leave —Orra intimates she has not yet reached a place of safety, and fearing a pursuit hurries her off—Blackbeard and Cæsar ENTER, and revengefully pursue them—Abdallah having lost his way, and not knowing which to take, pursues their track:—
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DUET.
Seaman and Drunken Negro.
In search of a Pirate infesting these seas,
Whose cruelty makes him the dread of the coast;
In some creek or inlet, who rides at his ease,
And makes death and carnage and plunder his boast.
Who has play'd such mad pranks, robb'd the ocean so neatly,
Resolv'd are our Tars to destroy him completely:
The yard arms prepared are, from which they're to hang.
Drunken Negro.
[1.]
Ah massa, dat hard to my poor vay of tinking,To choak de poor troat, dat so doat upon drinking,
But me still drink a little, come ting a ting tang.
2.
Let us meet hand to hand, and we ask nothing more,T'assist the oppress'd is the cause we've in view;
Some brave shipmate's loss our bold crew may deplore,
But 'tis justice commands, and her course we'll pursue.
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If justice commands, den poor Negro's knees quakee,
De heart in my bosom, go bump a bump shakee.
Sailor.
Lead the way to his harbour—or dog-like go hang—
Negro.
Oh, massa! me run—but to my vay of tinking,
'Tis hard you should choak de poor troat dat love drinking.
But me still, &c.
Exeunt—Negro leading the way.
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