bloody grillboy Posted September 17, 2003 Share Posted September 17, 2003 Ahoy! I am new here and didn't see this mentioned before, so here goes. My absolute favorite pirate song is Friggin' In The Riggin' as performed by the Sex Pistols (or what was left of them after Johnny Rotten left). I know it is a traditional song, but their version cracks me up every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspition Posted September 21, 2003 Share Posted September 21, 2003 I don' tihnk I've ever 'eard 'at one before. Me favorite shantie be Barret's Privateers, I know its not a real pirate shantie, seein as its name after some notorious privateers, but its Canadian and I live across the harbour from Halifax. and what did happen in 1778, I don and gon forgot. XsuspitionX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkRose Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I let ye be knowin that me favorites be the Corsairs.....and though it might not be true form...Down Among the Dead Men...is the songs i be listin to every day......Of course right after me playin of Scotland The Brave.... darkRose The Enigmatic Rogue...and may always be<br /> <br /> "I kissed her... once with passion... once with love... and told her good bye" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Deacon Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 I'd have to say Pay Me My Money Down, Life of a Sailor & The Old Dun Cow. -------------- "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty well preserved piece without an even a kiss your hand, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, smelling of powder, shouting ARRRG!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Woman Cheryl Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Ahh, favoryte songs....."Santiano" as song by the Pyrates Royale, "A Drop of Nelson's Blood", "South Australia" to name a few. Mad Woman Cheryl By Odin's mighty spear, I hereby snap and go berzerk!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Deacon Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 I let ye be knowin that me favorites be the Corsairs.....and though it might not be true form...Down Among the Dead Men...is the songs i be listin to every day......Of course right after me playin of Scotland The Brave....darkRose Love the Corsiars. Black, White, Green and GOld. -------------- "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty well preserved piece without an even a kiss your hand, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, smelling of powder, shouting ARRRG!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkyns Posted September 30, 2003 Share Posted September 30, 2003 Ayuh, Down Among the Dead Men is great stuff. Got a couple of versions, both from Williamsburg. After that, I guess it would be Johnny Jump Up from the Crimson Pirates. Hawkyns Cannon add dignity to what otherwise would be merely an ugly brawl I do what I do for my own reasons. I do not require anyone to follow me. I do not require society's approval for my actions or beliefs. if I am to be judged, let me be judged in the pure light of history, not the harsh glare of modern trends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucy Kate Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 My favourite's got to be "What Shall we do with the Drunken Sailor", as played by a local garage band- a bass, two guitars, drums, and an accordion! I'll see if I can find a recording- it's wonderful. Yr. obediant servant*, Saucy Kate * Well, I'll negotiate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastie04 Posted October 7, 2003 Share Posted October 7, 2003 I'm a fan of a piratical version of Spanish Ladies by the Bilge Pumps. Though not exactly a pirate song, I also love Ten Thousand Miles Away. Coastie We'll rant and we'll sing like true drunken pirates We'll rant and we'll roll right down to the sea Until we take every damn ship from old England From dockside to tavern be thirty-five feet! She was bigger and faster when under full sail With a gale on the beam and the seas o'er the rail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackeye Susan Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Ayuh, Down Among the Dead Men is great stuff. Got a couple of versions, both from Williamsburg. After that, I guess it would be Johnny Jump Up from the Crimson Pirates. Hawkyns Yeh know the Crimson Pirates? I were aquainted with em afore I got landocked far away from the good ol' state of New York. Ye'll forgive me if I get a little misty eyed for a moment. As fer favorite songs...ah too many. I like the Crimson Pirates barrel song(caps off to Don an' Lionel, they're gettin' quite a followin' here) and Granuaille by Kilbrannan. Other than that, I like every traditional tune fer pirates exceptin' the mermaid song. There're only so many times yeh can hear than one afore yeh start vomitin' fish guts. -Blackeye Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pirata Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Ayuh, Down Among the Dead Men is great stuff. Got a couple of versions, both from Williamsburg. After that, I guess it would be Johnny Jump Up from the Crimson Pirates. Hawkyns Williamsburg, like as in the Communistwealth of Virginia? Pushing the limits means getting out of my comfort zone and giving more when I don't think I have any left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Scarlett Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Me all time favorite pirate song is All for me Grog. Whether it be sung by the Jolly Rogers or by my friends 'round the fire at an SCA event. I love a good song about spending all yer loot on drink and women and having to go back out to sea for more loot! Fair winds and calm seas, Captain Scarlett Hawkins Captain of the Lusty Lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Rhoid Pyle Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 One 'o me favorite piratin' songs comes from Adam and the Ants... "Hoist the Jolly Roger." Kinda silly, but I likes it. You can find the lyrics here: Hoist the Jolly Roger - Adam Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longarm Posted October 18, 2003 Share Posted October 18, 2003 Me favorite song is one that was sung to me by me granddad when I was just a lad. T'is about Andy Bardine. Tho I've found several versions of this song I have yet to find the version he sang. Few of me family even rember the song, much less the tune and the words. Me Aunty Barb sent me a tape recording of him singing it and other songs. Twas made not to long afore he died so it be a rare and valuble treasure to me. The sad or maybe ironic part is that the recording is so old and not of the greates quality that the parts of the song that I have the most trouble remembering are also the parts on the tape that are the hardest to make out. Just me luck. If thar be a kind sole out thar who knows of this song, please let me know, for I be collecting all the versions of it that I can find. Thank ye Kindly, Longarm I love the smell of gunpowder in the morning. To me it smells like....PIRACY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Coyote Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 How did I miss this one? “Pirates”: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer ”Who’ll make his mark”, the captain cried. ”To the devil drink a toast. We’ll glut the hold with cups of gold And we’ll feed the sea with ghosts I see your hunger for a fortune Could be better served beneath my flag If you’ve the stomach for a broadside Come aboard my pretty boys I will take you and make you Everything you’ve ever dreamed.” ”Make fast the guns tonight we sail when the high tide floods the bay, cut free the lines and square the yards get the black flag stowed away the Turk, the Arab, the Spaniard will soon have pennies on their eyes and any other laden fancy we will take her by surprise I will take you and make you Everything you’ve ever dreamed.” Six days off the Cuban coast when a sail ahead the spied ”A galleon of the treasure fleet,’ the mizzen lookout cried ”Closer to the wind my boys,” the mad-eyed captain roared ”For every man that’s alive tonight will be hauling gold aboard.” ”Spare us,” the galleon begged but mercy’s face had fled Blood ran from the screaming souls the cutlass harvested Driven to the quarter deck the last survivor fell ”She’s ours my boys,” the Captain grinned ”and no one left to tell.” The Captain rose from a silk divan With a pistol in his fist And shot the lock from an iron box And a blood red ruby kissed ”I give you jewelry of turquoise A crucifix of solid gold One hundred thousand silver pieces It is just as I foretold You... You see there before you everything You’ve ever dreamed.” Anchored in an indigo moonlit bay Gold-eyed ‘round fires the sea thieves lay Morning... white shells and a pipe of clay As the wind filled their footsteps They were far... far... away. ”Our sails swell full as we brave all seas On a westward wind to live as we please With the wicked wild-eyed woman of Portobello town Where we’ve been told that a purse of gold Buys many man a crown They will serve you and clothe you Exchange your rags for the velvet coats of Kings.” ”Who’ll drink a toast with me I give you Liberty This town is ours... tonight.” ”Landlord, wine make it the finest Make it a cup for a sea dogs thirst Two long years of bones and beaches Fever and leeches did their worst So fill the night with paradise Bring me peach and peacock till I burst But first, I want a soft touch in the right place I want to feel like a King tonight Ten on the black to beat the Frenchman Back you dogs give ’em room to turn Now open wide sweet Heaven’s gates Tonight we’re gonna see if Heaven burns See how she burns... Oh she burns I want an angel on a gold chain And I’ll ride her to the stars It’s the last time for a long long time Come the daybreak, we embark...” On the flood of the morning tide Once more the ocean cried. ”This company will return one day Though we feel your tears it’s the price we pay For there’s prizes to be taken and glory to be found Cut free the chains make fast your souls We are Eldorado bound... I will take you always forever together Until hell call our names...” ”Who’ll drink a toast with me To the devil and the deep blue sea Gold drives a man... to dream!” Rumors of my death were right on the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Rackham Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 My personal favorite song or should say songs are, Captain Jack and the Mermaid, and Red is the Rose both by the Crimson Pirates. But if we are going fer bawdy then would have to say 'Your Day in the Barrel' also by the Crimson Pirates... Privateers Guild #619 CTRF :www.ctfaire.com PCRF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Sadie Dread Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 ole Blind, glad ye admitted to that one, what a blast from the past! Anyhow, stichin me own pirate flag i was singin, Hoiiist thA-A Jolleeey Rawgerrrr. My favorites are any songs by Sadie Dread and the Sea Sirens, heard at our practices, and so far heard only at one party. From me crew ye can hear Sailors Alphabet changed into Pirate's Alphabet, All for Me Grog, Another Drinking Song, Drunken Sailor, Blow the Man Down and more. i love to hear about all your favorites and then i pillage your ideas and make 'em me own. Sadie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pirata Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Anyone know where ye can be downloadin a version of "blow the man down" and "15 men and a dead man's chest?" Pushing the limits means getting out of my comfort zone and giving more when I don't think I have any left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Ahoy! I am new here and didn't see this mentioned before, so here goes.My absolute favorite pirate song is Friggin' In The Riggin' as performed by the Sex Pistols (or what was left of them after Johnny Rotten left). I know it is a traditional song, but their version cracks me up every time. I have the words to that: Friggin' in the Riggin' Friggin in the riggin, Friggin in the riggin, Friggin in the riggin, There's nothing else to do. Twas back in '69 We left the Black Ball Line, The crew did cry as we went by, For we'd left our mates behind. Twas back in '63 When the captain he went to sea, Born of a whore, was cast ashore, A son of a beach was he. A cook whose name was Davey, Was cashiered from the Navy He dipped the bread inside the head, And served it up as gravy. The bosun's mate was Andy A portsmouth man and randy, He used to cool his favorite tool, In a glass of the skipper's brandy. The cabin boy was chipper, A nasty little nipper. He lined his ass with broken glass And circumsised the skipper. Rumba Rue **Men are like bagpipes, no sound comes from them until they are full** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Anyone know where ye can be downloadin a version of "blow the man down" and "15 men and a dead man's chest?" Don't have a download, but I do have the words. BTW- you can order songbooks from Christine Lampe that has the words to most of the shanties around. Go to the NQG site, I know they are there for sale. ******************************************************** Blow the Man Down Intro: Come all ye young buccos and gather to me Come list to me story, I'll sing it to ye. Of adventure and gloryupon the high sea An' trust that ye'll join the courus with me. 1. Oh as I wuz strollin' down fair London Street, (chorus) Timme way, hay, blow the man down! A sassy flash clipper I chct for to meet, (chorus) Oooh, gimme some time ter blow the man down! 2. Of the port that she hailed from I cannot say much, (chorus)Timme way, hay, blow the man down! But by her appearance I too her for Dutch, (chorus) Oooh, gimme some time ter blow the man down! 3. Her flag wuz three colours and her masthead wuz low, She wuz round in the counter and' bluff at the bow 4. From larboard to starboard an'so sailed she, She wuz sailin' at large--she wuz runnin' free 5. I fired me bow-chaser the signal she knew She backed her mainttwaps'l an' for me hove to 6. She wux bowlin' along with the wind blowin free She clewed up her courses and' waited for me 7. I hailed her in English she answered me clear I'm from the Black Arrow bound to the Shaespeare 8. I tipped her me flipper an' took her in tow An' yard-arm to yard-arm away we did go 9. The she took me to a hous of ill fame It was the sign of the ship in Water Lane 10. She had some whisky and I had some rum She asked me if I would see her home 11. We went home together and to bed we did go, But what we did there I'm sure I don't know 12.We had a drink, maybe two, three or four In the morning when I awoke I was stretched n the floor 13. Me shot-locker's empty, me powder's all spent I've plenty o' time, boys, to think and repent. ********************************************** The Derelict by Young Ewing Allison Fifteen men on the 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 bo's'n pike, The bo's'n brained with a marlins spike! And Coodey'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 bottle o' rum! Fifteen men of a whole ships list, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Dead and be-damned and the rest gone whist, Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! The skipper lay with his nob in gore Where the sucllion's ax his cheek has shore Anbd the sullion he was stbbed times four And there they lay, and the soggy skies Dripped all day long in upstring eyes At murk sunset and at foul sunrise, Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! Fifteen men of em stiff and stark! Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! Ten o' the crew had the murder mark! Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! Twas a cutlass swipe, or an ounce o' lead Or a yawing hole in a battered head And the sucppers glut with a rotting red And there they lay aye damn my eyes! All lookouts clapped on paradise All souls bound just contrariwise Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! Fifteen men of em good and true Yo ho ho and aa bottle o' rum! Every man-jack could ha sailed with Old Pew Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! There was chest on chest full of Spanish gold, With a ton o' plate in the middle hold And the cabin riot of loot untold And thery lay there that had took the plum With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb While we shared all bythe rule of thumb Yo ho ho and a bottle o'rum! More was seen throught the sternlight screen Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! Chartings no doubt where a woman had been, Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! A flimsy shift on a bumker-cot With a thin dirk-slot throught the bosom spot And the lace stiff-dry in a purplish blot Or was she wenchsome sudderin' maid, What dared the knife and that took the blade By God she was stuff for a plucky jade! Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! Drink and the Devil had done for the rest Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! We wrapped em all in a mains'l tight With twice-ten turns of a hawswers bight And we heaved 'em over and out of sight With a Yo heave ho! And a fare-ye-well! Ten fathoms deep on the road to Hell! Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! **************************************** Hope this does it for you - uh me fingers are numb from typin' all this! Rumba Rue **She's a pirate wench if she's got RR on her quarters** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pirata Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Thanks. I found blow the man down and downloaded it but have found nothing on 15 men. Pushing the limits means getting out of my comfort zone and giving more when I don't think I have any left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Rhoid Pyle Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Currently, me favorite pirate tune be "Wild Rover" wif that great chorus of "No, Nay, Never... No Nay Never, No More, Will I Play the Wild Rover..." fine stuff, that, even though it be about a pirate retirin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyGrrrl Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Don't forget The Demon Ship and Henry Martin! Anna B. The Seadogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Doyle Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 Certainly not an "official" pirate song by any means, my favorite sea shanty nonetheless be "Shiver My Timbers" from Muppets Treasure Island -- despite the hilarity of the rest of the film itself, this initial opening song (provided you hear it on the soundtrack and not in the film itself; the singing mosquitos kind of detract from the mystery *grins*) is a bit more serious in tone and really quite wonderful. The tune is a delightful earworm that gets stuck in your head; it makes a great "car song" that you can really get into singing (particularly at night). Great fun. I am now "Captain Charlotte Savvy." Sorry for any confusion -- I'll only be making this user-name change this once! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[BB] lkg Posted November 29, 2003 Share Posted November 29, 2003 lol hey i know that name. Have you ever read "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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