Tuesday 19 September 2017

A Piratical Song

Yarr!  It be that time o' tha year again, when pirates be on tha prowl.  Here be a piratical song fer a freebootin' fellow ta be singin' as he be terrorisin' tha landlubbers!




I be captain o' a pirate fleet, an' a swashbucklin' pirate lord;
I be king o' howevermany seas there be,
An' no privateer be bolder than me.
I belong ta no king or country, an' admirals can walk a board.

There be nothin' better than tha freebootin' life,
I've tha sea fer me mistress an' a ship fer me wife;
A son in each port an' a daughter as well -
An' each day be an adventure 'til I go ta Hell.

Merchanters an' galleons an' brigs put up no fight;
Why risk yer own life,
At the point o' me knife,
Just give up yer dubloons 'fore our cannons sight!

There be nothin' better than tha freebootin' life,
I've tha sea fer me mistress an' a ship fer me wife;
A son in each port an' a daughter as well -
An' each day be an adventure 'til I go ta Hell.

I sink royal frigates - when I don't run away;
There be no profit in a Navy,
And more fish in tha sea,
So wit' Davy Jones I'll be havin' no battle or play!

There be nothin' better than tha freebootin' life,
I've tha sea fer me mistress an' a ship fer me wife;
A son in each port an' a daughter as well -
An' each day be an adventure 'til I go ta Hell.

Me hold be filled wit' Spanish gold an' jewels:
They call me buccaneer,
But I be a swashbuckler,
'Cause I always show me swordplay ta fools!

There be nothin' better than tha freebootin' life,
I've tha sea fer me mistress an' a ship fer me wife;
A son in each port an' a daughter as well -
An' each day be an adventure 'til I go ta Hell.

I've treasure galore buried 'neath a tropical breeze,
An' if I don't die aboard,
Ye'll be callin' me a lord,
But fer now I be pirate lord o' all the ocean seas!

There be nothin' better than tha freebootin' life,
I've tha sea fer me mistress an' a ship fer me wife;
A son in each port an' a daughter as well -
An' each day be an adventure 'til I go ta Hell.
An' each day be an adventure 'til I go ta Hell.

Yarr!

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