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Hoist The Colours (Pirate Song)

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Now ye sons of the kraaken, let’s get to some honest pillaging, shall we? Aaaarh!

The devil is an idle jest compared to what’s within this chest
No hearts more black than ours they say
trust your own hide to be waterproof only
else they’ll hang you from that tree, that crowd that is stoney eyed

grow ye some gills, for when ye go under
your pockets all bulging and heavy with plunder
give your heart to the tide as it glistens all foamy
the ocean lies open lads come and we’ll roam it

Hoist the Colours
(Bones and black)
Hoist them high
we’re out for the craic
Hoist the Colours,
take down that Jack
Hoist them high
(bones and black)

Dead men all above the grave, it keeps us on our toes
we’ll leave ye dancing in our wake with barrels stacked in rows
Fortunes smile our way to rave Neptune has his way so say
we’ll all have our gills when we go under

drawn on by the fruits of the sea we pit our wits and trust our ire
though the winds be kind, the puzzle that we leave is dire
that ship of yourn once so fine is now become a crackling pyre
though all who look ahead can see it’s water rules the dawn not fire

Hoist the Colours
(Bones and black)
Hoist them high
we’re out for the craic
Hoist the Colours,
take down that Jack
Hoist them high
(bones and black)

Guest said

Great!!Love it

Guest said

Great tune!

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Gumbo said

Yeah this one came out better of the two Pirate songs this year. Kind o reminds me of the more 'raucous' tracks by the Kingston Trio.

Guest said

Such wonderful lyrics, great fun. SS told me you are big into Pirate talking Day. Proper job, my ansome!

Guest said

I very much enjoyed the singing on this one.

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kirklynch said

Does me black heart good to hear such as this it does!

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Gumbo said

LOL there's still time, laahd. Man the Rum and break out the cannons !!

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dougsparling said

OK, this is great...next year I've got do to my own pirate song.

Guest said

This is pirate reggae! OMG!! Carribean rum!

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