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I think I am showing my age! Who remebers the Pirate song from Emerson Lake and Palmer 1977 album works?

"....the Turk, the Arab, the Spaniard

will soon have pennies on their eyes

and any other laden fancy

we will take her by surprise"

B)

That was my theme when I was on the fencing team in College!

Those destined to hang, shall not fear drowning

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Do you remember the Pirate scene in Dumb and Dumber?

2 hours to reply to your post on a FRIDAY night? Pirates always get lucky on Friday nights. It's only people who aren't lucky that are on their computers on Friday nights. B)

~Black Hearted Pearl

The optimist expects the wind. The pessimist complains about the wind. The realist adjusts the sails.

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I think I am showing my age! Who remebers the Pirate song from Emerson Lake and Palmer 1977 album works?

"....the Turk, the Arab, the Spaniard

will soon have pennies on their eyes

and any other laden fancy

we will take her by surprise"

:rolleyes:

That was my theme when I was on the fencing team in College!

What was the actual name of this song? Sounds interesting... :huh:

"Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains 'til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again?"

---Captain William Kidd---

(1945)

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What was the actual name of this song? Sounds interesting... B)

It's name be "Pirates". Lyrically it be pretty good. Musically ,IMHO, They went a bit overboard wi' the progressive stuff in the 2nd half o the song.

PIRATES!  Because ye can't do epic shyte wi' normal people.

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  • 3 weeks later...

"'Who'll make his mark' the Captain cried,

'To the Devil drink a toast..."

Oh, do I remember the song...mostly because in that former life I wanted to BE

Keith Emerson. (And yes, I'm that old). I even had the whole compliment of Hammond B-3 organ, Yamaha piano, Moog and Sequential Circuits synths, etc....at least the pretty and pointy toys that I blow money on now are a damn sight lighter...

Wow...I was actually insane enough to schlep all that stuff around to gigs when I was in my 20's....

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And now for the complete song; always been one of me favorites:

"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 sreaming 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 jewellery 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 roun 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 seadog's 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!"

"In the end, it's not the gold that sets our sails,

'Tis freedom and the promise of a better life

That raises our black flags."

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No, I didn't remember it from 1977. (I was a young teenager into punk back then, and considered anything "prog" to be anathema -- i.e. boring ancient dinosaur rock.)

But, I discovered the song a couple years ago while Googling for pirate music.

I agree that the lyrics are excellent. The prog-rock music still isn't really my cuppa, but I can now at least appreciate the song's epic soundtrack qualities.

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Does anyone know of anywhere on the net the song can be downloaded? I would like to hear it, the lyrics are awesome!

"Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains 'til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again?"

---Captain William Kidd---

(1945)

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Hi, Captain Midnight (and anyone else who's curious):

For "educational purposes only", I've uploaded the MP3 of ELP's "Pirates" to YouSendIt:

http://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJnek9q...qQ0NTSUEwTVE9PQ

It will be available for download for 7 days, or 100 hits, whichever comes first.

The file is large (over 12 meg), so it will take awhile to download.

The song is from ELP's double album, Works, Vol. 1, which is still in print. So, if you decide you like their music after listening to the song, you might consider buying the album.

Cheers, Hester

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Thanks so much for posting that, Hester! Well...I think I like the words a bit better than I like the music, as it is not what I expected. :ph34r:

"Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains 'til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again?"

---Captain William Kidd---

(1945)

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  • 3 weeks later...

OF COURSE I REMEMBER IT. I re-purchased it as a CD due to my turntable has a problem with pitch. ELP was one my all time favorite bands. In fact yesterday I wanted to find it and play JUST THAT SONG...I love that song. When ever I really want to feel in the pyrate mood I play that. I saw the concert that showcased that album. I even still have the t-shirt I got with the crossed swords and ELP in the center.

They also blew a cannon at the concert for that song!!!

~~~~Sailing Westward Bound~~~~

Lady Alyx

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Oh, do I remember the song...mostly because in that former life I wanted to BE

Keith Emerson. (And yes, I'm that old). I even had the whole compliment of Hammond B-3 organ, Yamaha piano, Moog and Sequential Circuits synths, etc....at least the pretty and pointy toys that I blow money on now are a damn sight lighter...

Wow...I was actually insane enough to schlep all that stuff around to gigs when I was in my 20's....

Join the club, lad...join the club.

I drew the line at wearing the long white gown, though... :(

...Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum...

~ Vegetius

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I saw Emerson, Lake, and Palmer live at Buffalo War Memorial Auditorium in 1977 or 1978. I can't really remember exactly, I must have been a little out of it at the time... but it was a great concert !

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stripes for his abusive and uncivil behaviour to Elizabeth Canaday Late of said Bridgwater by Thrusting up or putting of a skunk

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