Welcome, matey! So.... Ye want to sing along with us pirates, do ye? Well then. Sit yerself down, and we'll pull out our instruments to play ye some music. Mind ye, we don't be the Metropolitan Opera group singin' some Gilbert and Sullivan musical, so ye best be prepared for some dogs to be howlin'! Some of these be modern, some be ancient. The ancient ones are actual shanties the sailors used to sing while working on the ships. ARRRRR! Strike up the band, mateys!
Sailing for Adventure
By: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
KING THOMAS & OLIVERETTES:
When the course is laid and the anchor's weighed
A sailor's blood begins racing
With our hearts unbound and our flag unfurled
We're under way and off to see the world
Under way and off to see the world
KING THOMAS, OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Hey ho we'll go
Anywhere the wind is blowing
OLIVERETTOS:
Manly men are we
OLIVERETTES:
Sailing for adventure on the deep blue sea
ADRI:
Safely now, TJ. Let's not get
sloppy just because we're singing!
OLIVERETTES:
Danger walks the deck we say what the heck
We laugh at the perils we're facing
KING THOMAS:
Every storm we ride is its own reward
BLUE:
And people die by falling overboard
ADRI, BABS, FALCONFYRE & TAILS (GRINNING):
People die by falling overboard
KING THOMAS, OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Hey ho we'll go
Anywhere the wind is blowing
Hoist the sails and sing
KRISTLING DREAMWALKER:
Sailing for adventure on the big, blue wet thing
BABS:
I love to see 'em cry when they walk the plank
ADRI:
I prefer to cut a throat
TAILS & FALCONFYRE:
We love to hang 'em high and watch their little
feet try to walk in the air while their faces turn blue
ALL FOUR:
Just kidding
It's a good life on a boat
OLIVERETTES:
There are distant lands with burning sands
That call across the ocean
JRL:
There are bingo games every fun-filled day
ROB & THE SPACE AMAZONS:
And Margaritas at the midnight buffet
OLIVERETTES:
Margaritas at the midnight buffet?
KING THOMAS, OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Hey ho we'll go
Anywhere the wind is blowing
WHITE ZEO & JOANNE:
Should have took a train
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Sailing for adventure on the bounding main
KING THOMAS:
The salty breezes whisper
Who knows what lies ahead
I just know I was born to lead the life my father led
KING THOMAS & OLIVERETTES:
The stars will be our compass
Wherever we may roam
And our mates will always be
Just like a family
And though we may put into port the sea is always home
KRISTLING DREAMWALKER:
Take it Rocky, Tim & Einny! I didn't know you
had such good singing voices! You're
welcome!
OLIVERETTES:
We'll chase our dreams standing on our own
Over the horizon to the great unknown
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Hey ho we'll go
Anywhere the wind is blowing
Bold and brave and free
Sailing for adventure
YOSTIES:
It's so nauseating
KING THOMAS & OLIVERETTES:
Sailing for adventure
OLIVERETTOS:
So exhilarating
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Sailing for adventure
ADRI, BABS, FALCONFYRE & TAILS:
We're all celebrating
KING THOMAS, OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
On the deep blue sea!
Shiver My Timbers
By: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Shiver my timbers, shiver my soul
Yo oh heave ho
There are men whose hearts as black as coal
Yo oh heave ho
DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
And they sailed their ship cross the ocean blue
A blood-thirsty captain and a cutthroat crew
FALCONFYRE:
It's as dark a tale as was ever told
Of the lust for treasure and the love of gold
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Shiver my timbers, shiver my sides
Yo oh heave ho
There are hungers as strong as the wind and tides
Yo oh heave ho
LADY SKYHAWK:
And those buccaneers drowned their sins in rum
BABS:
The devil himself would have to call them scum
ADRI:
Every man aboard would have killed his mate
For a bag of guineas or a piece of eight
TAILS: A piece of eight
BLUE: A piece of eight
RED: Five, six, seven, eight
LA MER:
Hulla wacka ulla wacka something not right
Many wicked icky things gonna happen tonight
Hulla wacka ulla wacka sailor man beware
TEEJ:
When de money in the ground dere's murder in de air
BLUE: Murder in de air
ADRI: One more time now
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Shiver my timbers, shiver my bones
Yo oh heave ho
There are secrets that sleep with old Davy Jones
Yo oh heave ho
DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
When the mainsail's set and the anchor's weighed
There's no turning back from any course
ADRI & TAILS: And when greed and villainy sail the sea
You can bet your boots there'll be treachery
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Shiver my timbers, shiver my sails
Dead men tell no tales
Tommy's Gone to Hilo
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O, Tommy's gone, what shall I do? Hey-yay to Hilo! O, Tommy's gone, and I'll go too. Tommy's gone to Hilo!
2. O, I love Tom and he loves me, |
3. O, away around to Callao, Hey-yay to Hilo! The Spanish girls he'll see, I know. Tommy's gone to Hilo!
4. O, Tommy's gone forevermore, |
Fifteen Men on a Deadman's Chest
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Fifteen men on a dead man's chest Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum Drink and the devil had done for the rest Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike The bosun brained with a marlinspike And cookey's throat was marked belike It had been gripped by fingers ten; And there they lay, all good dead men Like break o'day in a boozing ken Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
2. Fifteen men of the whole ship's list
3. Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark |
4. Fifteen men of 'em good and true - ' Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! There was chest on chest of Spanish gold With a ton of plate in the middle hold And the cabins riot of stuff untold, And they lay there that took the plum With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb While we shared all by the rule of thumb, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
5. More was seen through a sternlight screen...
6. Fifteen men on a dead man's chest |
A Professional Pirate
Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
When I was just a lad looking for my true vocation
My father said "Now son, this choice deserves deliberation.
Though you could be a doctor or perhaps a financier
My boy why not consider a more challenging career?"
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Hey ho ho
You'll cruise to foreign shores
And you'll keep your mind and body sound
By working out of doors
DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
True friendship and adventure are what we can't live without
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
And when you're a professional pirate
ADRI:
That's what the job's about
DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
Now take Sir Francis Drake, the Spanish all despise him
But to the British he's a hero and they idolize him
It's how you look at buccaneers that makes them bad or good
And I see us as members of a noble brotherhood
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
Hey ho ho
We're honorable men
And before we lose our tempers we will always count to ten
DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
On occasion there may be someone you have to execute
OLIVERETTES & OLIVERETTOS:
But when your a professional pirate
BLUE:
You don't have to wear a suit
LA MER:
I could have been a surgeon
I like taking things apart
ADRI:
I could have been a lawyer
But I just had too much heart
JEREMY RAY:
I could have been in politics
Cause I've always been a big spender
TAILS:
And me...I could have been a contender
DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
Some say that pirates steal and should be feared and hated
I say we're victims of bad press it's all exaggerated
We'd never stab you in the back, we'd never lie or cheat
We're just about the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet
OLIVERETTES, OLIVERETTOS & DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
Hey ho ho
It's one for all for one
And we'll share and share alike with you and love you
like a son
We're gentlemen of fortune and that's what we're proud to be
And when your a professional pirate
DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
You'll be honest brave and free
The soul of decency
You'll be loyal and fair and on the square
And most importantly
OLIVERETTES, OLIVERETTOS & DREAD PIRATE THOMAS:
When you're a professional pirate
You're always in the best of company
"Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues"
They come from the wrong side of the tracks,
They're born a breed apart,
Can't tie 'em up, can't keep 'em down,
They're clingin' to some ole star
They'll chase that restless spirit
Wherever the four winds blow,
'Cause there's another dream just around the bend
For renegades, rebels and rogues
Renegades, rebels and rogues
Eyes of fire, hearts of gold
They'll ramble till they drop,
Gamble till the money runs out,
They'll take any wrong direction,
'Cause it's in their blood to know
That all roads lead to another road
For renegades, rebels and rogues.
Daughters love 'em, daddies hate 'em
Mamas don't understand,
Whenever life deals 'em down and dirty
They play 'em another hand,
And there's a place in Heaven
For those wild and kindred souls
But they'll be raisin' Hell till then,
Those renegades, rebels and rogues
Renegades, rebels and rogues
Eyes of fire, hearts of gold
They'll ramble till they drop,
Gamble till the money runs out,
They'll take any wrong direction,
'Cause it's in their blood to know
That all roads lead to another road
For renegades, rebels and rogues
Renegades, rebels and rogues
Eyes of fire, hearts of gold
They'll ramble till they drop,
Gamble till the money runs out,
They'll take any wrong direction,
'Cause it's in their blood to know
That all roads lead to another road
For renegades, rebels and rogues
(by Tracy Lawrence
from "I See It Now" submitted by Adri)
Enough, for the love of mercy, enough! Take me back to the Pirate King!!!
If ye get a sudden yearning to send a song to add to the Pirate King's Shanties, send it to Falconfyre. I be the Pirate King's Biographer/Scribe.
Some of the images here are from a fellow pirate mate's site, The Web Pirate. Ye might recognize a couple of songs from "Muppet's Treasure Island". The songs not sent to me are taken from historical texts and are public domain, unless otherwise noted.