piratemaniac Posted December 19, 2004 Share Posted December 19, 2004 Can anyone send me a link of the song "fifteen men on a dead man's chest" with someone signing it please? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabella Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 I couldn't find a MP3. The suggestion I have is buying Treasure Island to get it. I found the lyrics tho, the first portion is Stevenson, then some of the ending lyrics are added by Young Ewing Allison a few years later. 1. 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 Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! The skipper lay with his nob in gore Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore And the scullion he was stabbed times four And there they lay, and the soggy skies Dripped down in up-staring eyes In murk sunset and foul sunrise Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 3. Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Ten of the crew had the murder mark! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead Or a yawing hole in a battered head And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes Looking up at paradise All souls bound just contrawise Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 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... Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum Chartings undoubt where a woman had been Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 'Twas a flimsy shift on a bunker cot With a dirk slit sheer through the bosom spot And the lace stiff dry in a purplish blot Oh was she wench or some shudderin' maid That dared the knife and took the blade By God! she had stuff for a plucky jade Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. 6. 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. We wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight And we heaved 'em over and out of sight, With a Yo-Heave-Ho! and a fare-you-well And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratemaniac Posted December 20, 2004 Author Share Posted December 20, 2004 well.. thanks for trying man.. i appreciate it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurtyLillie Posted December 21, 2004 Share Posted December 21, 2004 Lovely dirge of a shany mate....Nice holiday song.... Mine is..."15 men on a dead men's chest ,yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, rob the rich and kill the rest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum" yep many ways to sing it... we do a monthly sea shanty meet up til lately and then there's a portside pub that also gets together fer singin... ...why you want to sign this one mate? best regards I mean ARGH, D.L. Pyracy in all it's Glory, Yers, D.L. aka DurtyLaFey member of a few crewes....but that be a personal question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddrake Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Ahoy thar Piratemanic. That thar song is sung by numerous bands each with slightly different lyrics. A few examples can be found on : THE CORSAIRS -the black disc; THE BILGEPUMPS -Greatest hits Vol. VIII (they refer ta it as 'The Derelict') ; JOLLY ROGERS - Pirates' Gold (also 'The Derelict'). I hope that might help ye a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson corsair Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 the corsairs recorded this song.you can get the cd at there website .the song is on there BLACK album. The corsairs play at alot of ren fairs around the U.S there arwe afew other good song on the album too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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