Okey mateys we need some good pirate songs to sing on the uss blurtit??

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Virginia Lou Profile
Virginia Lou answered

Dear Otis,

Here is a drinking song, the cowboys sang it but the pirates should have too... You might recall Tex Ritter, the 1940's and '50's? I just learned John Ritter is his son!

"Whiskey Rye Whiskey...if a tree don't fall on me, I'll live till I die..."

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Virginia Lou
Virginia Lou commented
Ha ha, this may be one of those facts I am the last person on the continent to discover, TJ!
But as you think about it, "Ritter" is not all that common surname...
Tom  Jackson
Tom Jackson commented
I remember being fascinated that famous people actually had children. (Why? Probably because my parents were very private people and I never knew much about "adults" and what they did in their private lives.)
Virginia Lou
Virginia Lou commented
Tom...I was just thinking back recently, all the reminiscing questions on Blurtit...so many things from my own family I assumed were just universal, the way the world was...for example, I thought all marriages were automatically happy, that was the nature of marriage. Adulthood, I learn it is so precious.
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Darik Majoren answered

Yo Ho Yo Ho a Pirate's Life for Me

We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me

We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho
Maraud and embezzle, and even high-jack
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me

We kindle and char, inflame and ignite
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho
We burn up the city, we're really a fright
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me

We're rascals, scoundrels, villains, and knaves
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho
We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me

We're beggars and blighters, never-do-well cads
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me


Blow the Man Down

Come all ye young fellows that follows the sea
To me, way hey, blow the man down
Now please pay attention and listen to me
Give me some time to blow the man down

I'm a deep water sailor just come from Hong Kong
You give me some whiskey, I'll sing you a song

When a trim Black Ball liner's preparing for sea
On a trim Black Ball liner I wasted me prime

When a trim Black Ball liner preparing for sea
You'll split your sides laughing such sights you would see

There's tinkers and tailors, shoemakers and all
They're all shipped for sailors aboard the Black Ball

When a big Black Ball liner's a-leaving her dock
The boys and the girls on the pier-head do flock

Now, when the big liner, she's clear of land
Our bosun he roars out the word of command

Come quickly, lay aft to the break of the poop
Or I'll help you along with the toe of me boot

Pay attention to orders, now, you one and all
For see high above there flies the Black Ball

'Tis larboard and starboard, on deck you will sprawl
For kicking Jack Rogers commands the Black Ball


Ancient Hippy Profile
Ancient Hippy answered

Here's my first mate, she'll sing us some songs:


Anna Levi Profile
Anna Levi answered

I suggest anything by Alestorm, they're a pirate metal band (and my favourite band at that!). Pirate Song, Black Sails at Midnight, Captain Morgan's Revenge and Shipwrecked are especially good :)

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Janis Haskell answered

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