Black Rinalda Kidd Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Well, if you're looking for pre-recorded stuff, a reasonably good one is Michael Longcor's "Boarding Party." It's a great lot of fun to sing along to, most especially "The Grog Song," and it's not songs you generally hear you hear very many places otherwise. Some are old sea songs, some are original works, some are earlier than period, some later, and a few aren't immediately noticeable as being sea-related, but manage it through sort of a back door reference. There's an introduction before each song, but they're easily dispensed with through a little application of technology, but, they are worth listening to for at least one go 'round. I often play it as exercise music when I hit the gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateKing Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Bunch of songs and lyrics here: http://www.thepirateking.com/music/index.htm Enjoy, The Pirate King http://www.ThePirateKing.com Over 180 online biographies of Pirates, Privateers, Explorers, & Buccaneers, along with loads of historical information on Sailing, Shipwrecks & Nautical Archaeology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCholeBlack Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 The favorite around these parts is "All for Me Grog". Not certain as to it's pyratical authenticity but tis about drink as any good song should be. There are seemingly endless versions brought up with a search. words and music Traditional Chorus V1: Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog It's all for me beer and tobacco For I spent all me tin on the lassies drinking gin Far across the western ocean I must wander Chorus V2: Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog It's all for me beer and tobacco Well I spent all me tin with the lassies drinking gin & I think I'll have to sober up tomorrow Chorus V3: Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog It's all for me beer and tobacco For I spent all me loot in a house of ill repute & I think I'll have to go back there tomorrow Verses: Where are me boots, me noggin', noggin' boots? They're all gone for beer and tobacco For the heels they are worn out and the toes are kicked about And the soles are looking out for better weather Where is me shirt, my noggin', noggin' shirt? It's all gone for beer and tobacco For the collar is all worn, and the sleeves they are all torn And the tail is looking out for better weather I'm sick in the head and I haven't been to bed Since first I came ashore with me slumber For I spent all me dough on the lassies movin' slow Far across the Western Ocean I must wander Where is me bed, me noggin' noggin bed It's all gone for beer and tobacco Well I lent it to a whore and now the sheets are all tore And the springs are looking out for better whether. Where is me wench, me noggin' noggin' whence She's all gone for beer and tobacco Well her (clap) is all worn out and her (clap) is knocked about And her (clap) is looking out for better whether. Where is me man, me noggy noggy man? He's all gone for beer and tobacco Well he spends all his time with the women and the wine So I think that I shall push him over yonder Finally the lyric by me little Swab is in my sig. She was but 5 when it was written. I wager she'll make a fine pyrate one day. "If part of the goods be plundered by a pirate the proprietor or shipmaster is not entitled to any contribution." An introduction to merchandize, Robert Hamilton, 1777Slightly Obsessed, an 18th Century reenacting blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hester Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 The Wild Rover I first learned this song from the local Toronto cow-punk band the Lost Dakotas in the early 90s. I didn't realize at first that the song was traditional, so I was quite surprised to hear the house band at the Black Rose pub in Boston playing it, with the crowd singing along and pounding on tables. I was thrilled to be able to join in. [Also ate my first whole lobster there, and managed to squirt the juice all the way to the next table, accidentally hitting a German tourist who was thankfully too deep in an animated conversation to notice. Fun night!] Here's the Lost Dakotas version to download (and don't give me any rag, Jack, about pirating copyrighted material, as the song's traditional, the CD's long OOP, and the band's defunct, so I'm calling it "fair use", arrghh!): http://tinyurl.com/gfcuu Cheers, Hester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Barrels Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Judging by the date I might be too late to help, since you mentioned a 40th birthday, Jimmy Buffets song (A Pirate looks at forty) might be perfect. Yes I'm a Pirate, two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder, theres nothing to plunder now I'm an over forty victim of fate. Arriving too late, arriving too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateKing Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 There are about a hundred shanties listed with their lyrics here: http://www.thepirateking.com/music/index.htm Hope this helps! The Pirate King http://www.ThePirateKing.com Over 180 online biographies of Pirates, Privateers, Explorers, & Buccaneers, along with loads of historical information on Sailing, Shipwrecks & Nautical Archaeology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Ah the Wild Rover... I went to the market with my brother Jim, And somebody threw a tomato at him. Tomatoes are soft and they don't break the skin, Ah, but this bugger did, it was still in the tin... or... I went to a sh**-house I used to frequent, And told the attendant my money was spent. I asked him for credit, he answered me "nay", So I s*at on the floor and said "sweep that away"... or... I went to a whore-house I used to frequent, And told the old madam my money was spent. I asked her for credit, she answered me "nay", So I came on her face and said "wipe that away"... And I really don't think you tender colonials are ready for the "Whale Drover"... Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dorian Lasseter Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Ah the Wild Rover...I went to the market with my brother Jim, And somebody threw a tomato at him. Tomatoes are soft and they don't break the skin, Ah, but this bugger did, it was still in the tin... or... I went to a sh**-house I used to frequent, And told the attendant my money was spent. I asked him for credit, he answered me "nay", So I s*at on the floor and said "sweep that away"... or... I went to a whore-house I used to frequent, And told the old madam my money was spent. I asked her for credit, she answered me "nay", So I came on her face and said "wipe that away"... And I really don't think you tender colonials are ready for the "Whale Drover"... Goode gods Master Foxe... I damn near spit m'drink on th' keyboard.... makes me laugh ya do... Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Handed Jill Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Heh. Tender colonials, eh? Have you heard any of the Salty Dick recordings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manylodges Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 "Shanties from the Seven Seas" by Stan Hugill is a good one. I'd also suggest www.chivalry.com/cantaria, which has some good shanty lyrics and usually has an mp3 of one or more verses.Coastie Ok you scallywag, ye forced me hand. Check out these web sights. " Shanties and Sea Songs" " ARRR!!! Sea Shanties and Drinking songs" " Songs of the Sea" " Pirate Music & Sea Shanties" " Pirate Theme Page" There are so many you won't be able to make up your mind. Some of my personal favorits are: Strikes the Bell Dead Hourse Shantie Get up Jack John sit down Fathom the bowl Here's to me grog Whisky Oh Johny Oh. Hope this helps ye find you voice when the rum get's goin. Manylodges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iphi Posted April 12, 2007 Author Share Posted April 12, 2007 You all are Fabulous! How well do I remember many of those songs from my days at the Inn Yard. Fond Memories indeed. The party (see the begining of this thread) and the songs went very well. If anyone would like a Word Doc of some of the lyrics I collected, I'd be happy to send it to you. Just drop me a line.... Iphi And just to sweeten the pot and say thanks, how about this old favorite: If all the young lassies Were winds on the sea I'd be a ship And I'd let them blow me Roll your leg over, roll your leg over Roll your leg over the man in the moon... If all the young laddies Were bread on the table I'd be the butter And spread while I'm able If all the young lassies Were sheep in the clover I'd be the Ram, and Ram 'em all over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Seika Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 oh no.. it's the song that never ends... lol one of my fav folk/shanty's would be Barrett's Privateers... O the year was 1778 How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now A letter of marque came from the king To the scummiest vessel I've ever seen God damn them all I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold We'd fire no guns, shed no tears Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier, The last of Barrett's Privateers 2. O Elcid Barrett cried the town How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now For twenty brave men all fishermen who Would make for him the Antelope's crew God damn them all . . . . 3. The Antelope sloop was a sickening site How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now She'd list to the port and her sails in rags And the cook in the scuppers with the staggers and jags God damn them all . . . . 4. On the King's birthday we put to sea How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now Ninety-one days to Montego Bay Pumping like madmen all the way God damn them all . . . . 5. On the ninety-sixth day we sailed again How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now When a great big Yankee hove in sight With our cracked four-pounders we made to fight God damn them all . . . . 6. The Yankee lay low down with gold How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now She was broad and fat and loose in stays But to catch her took the Antelope two whole days God damn them all . . . . 7. Then at length she stood two cables away How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now Our cracked four-pounders made awful din But with one fat ball the Yank stove us in God damn them all . . . . 8. The Antelope shook and pitched on her side How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now Barrett was smashed like a bowl of eggs And the main truck carried off both me legs God damn them all . . . . 9. Now here I lay in my twenty-third year How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now It's been six years since we sailed away And I just made Halifax yesterday God damn them all . . . . ~QM Seika Hellbound~ We ain't no stinking Parrots!!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pogue Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 How about "The Good Ship Venus" The figure head was a wh*re in bed, sucking a dead man's pen!$. The cook's name was Freeman, and he was a dirty demon he fed the crew on men..... stew and hy... fried in se.... I can't bring myself to type it out... fun as hell singing in the car though. I got it off of the Rogue's Gallery CD, produced by Johnny Depp and Gore Verbanski, the perfomances of the songs are hit or miss with me. Conceptual Simplicity, Structural Complexity, Achieves a Greater State of humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Crowe Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 The navy would never have a lass at sea Away Santianno so I went in search of pyracy along the coast of Mexico And now we sail the southern seas Away Santianno and we'll have those navy lads on their knees along the coast of Mexico So heave her up and away we'll ago Away Santianno to Mexico where the warm winds blow along the coast of Mexico In Mexico I want to be Away Santianno with a cask of rum on a drinkin' spree along the coast of Mexico Those native lads I do adore Away Santianno with eyes that shine and coal black hair along the coast of Mexico So heave her up and away we'll ago Away Santianno to Mexico where the warm winds blow along the coast of Mexico When I was a young lass in me prime Away Santianno I'd have those Irish lads two at a time along the coast of Mexico But I'll never leave the sea to settle down Away Santianno when I can have a lad in every town along the coast of Mexico So heave her up and away we'll ago Away Santianno to Mexico where the warm winds blow along the coast of Mexico Oh the times is hard and the wages low Away Santianno But we pirates all must roll and go along the coast of Mexico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan Jack Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 How about "The Good Ship Venus"The figure head was a wh*re in bed, sucking a dead man's pen!$. The cook's name was Freeman, and he was a dirty demon he fed the crew on men..... stew and hy... fried in se.... I can't bring myself to type it out... fun as hell singing in the car though. I got it off of the Rogue's Gallery CD, produced by Johnny Depp and Gore Verbanski, the perfomances of the songs are hit or miss with me. The main version is MUCH, MUCH worse than that on the "Rogue's Gallery" CD, which was a bad enough version on its own right. (look it up on google) Thanks for the links, advise, and lyrics. This is an interesting thread! -John "Tartan Jack" Wages, of South Carolina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePuppy Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 you know what would be fun? if anyone's ever done any book-making, making our own books of sea shantys :) i think i might do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Crowe Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I made a book of all of the letters my father wrote home to my grandmother during WWII. It's not difficult, and it's fun picking out the materials. I've been thinking about making a journal for part of my garb, but haven't decided on what to use for the interior paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePuppy Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 book-making is a lot of fun, i'm 'thinking of making my journals instead of buying them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hester Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 When I was a young lass in me primeAway Santianno I'd have those Irish lads two at a time along the coast of Mexico Ah, Maggie, you're a pirate after my own heart! Is there a recorded version of that song that I could hear somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Crowe Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 When I was a young lass in me primeAway Santianno I'd have those Irish lads two at a time along the coast of Mexico Ah, Maggie, you're a pirate after my own heart! Aye, indeed, it was recorded by The Pyrates Royale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgantheblack Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 I have found two previously unrecorded sea-shanties, I believe. Of interest to anyone? :-X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Crow Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 oh no.. it's the song that never ends... lol one of my fav folk/shanty's would be Barrett's Privateers... O the year was 1778 How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now A letter of marque came from the king Yes, but how about THIS version... Oh, the year was 1978, HOW I WISH I'D NEVER TRIED IT NOW! When a score of men were turned quite green, By the scummiest ale you've ever seen. CHORUS: God damn them all! I was told this beer was worth its weight in gold, We'd feel no pain; shed no tears; But it's a foolish man who shows no fear, At a glass of Garnet's home made beer. Oh, Garnet Rogers cried the town, HOW I WISH I'D NEVER TRIED IT NOW! For twenty brave men, all masochists, Who would taste for him his home made brew. CHORUS This motley crew were a sickening sight, HOW I WISH I'D NEVER TRIED IT NOW! There was "Caveman Dave" with his eyes in bags, He'd a hard-boiled liver and the staggers and jags. CHORUS We hadn't been there but an hour or two, HOW I WISH I'D NEVER TRIED IT NOW! When a voice said, "Gimme some home-made brew!" And "Steeleye Stan" hove into view. CHORUS Now Steeleye Stan was a fighting man. HOW I WISH I'D NEVER TRIED IT NOW! He was eight foot tall and four foot wide, Said, "Pass that jug or I'll tan yer hide!" God damn them all! I was told this beer was worth its weight in gold, We'd feel no pain; shed no tears; But it's a foolish man who shows no fear, At a glass of Garnet's home made beer. Stan took one sip and pitched on his side. HOW I WISH I'D NEVER TRIED IT NOW! Garnet was smashed with a gut-full of dregs, And his breath set fire to both me legs. CHORUS So here I lie with me twenty-third beer. HOW I WISH I'D NEVER TRIED IT NOW! It's been ten years since I felt this way, On the night before me wedding day. God damn them all! I was told this beer was worth its weight in gold, We'd feel no pain; shed no tears; But it's a foolish man who shows no fear, At a glass of Garnet's home made beer. by the great.... Ian Robb Funny thing, I've got a friend named Dave, who's called Caveman too. Old Crow Involuntary Marine Acquisitions Specialist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) Yea can hear some I enjoy here ;-} http://midsouthbuccaneers.ning.com/profile/EdwardBright Come all ye young sailors that follow the sea (To me, way hey, blow the man down) You must pay attention now listen to me (Give me some time to blow the man down) I,m a salty old pirate set sail from Hong Kong (To me, way hey, blow the man down) Give me some whiskey, I,ll sing you my song (Give me some time to blow the man down) , Twas on a Black Baller I first served my time (To me, way hey, blow the man down) And on that Black Baller I wasted me prime (Give me some time to blow the man down) Now when the big liner, she,s clear of land (To me, way hey, blow the man down) The bosun he roars out the word of command (Give me some time to blow the man down) Come quickly, lay aft to the break of the poop (To me, way hey, blow the man down) Or I,ll help you along with the toe of me boot (Give me some time to blow the man down) , Tis larboard and starboard, on deck you will sprawl (To me, way hey, blow the man down) For Captain Van Wrinkle commands the Black Ball (Give me some time to blow the man down ...give me some time to blow the man down) Edited December 27, 2009 by Bright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) When I was a young lass in me primeAway Santianno <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>I'd have those Irish lads two at a time</span> along the coast of Mexico Ah, Maggie, you're a pirate after my own heart! Is there a recorded version of that song that I could hear somewhere? The Bold Marrauder Edited December 27, 2009 by Bright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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