It was early one morning
And the ship was just mooring
Looking battered, beaten and old
It had sailed far and wide
Some crew members had died
To bring back what was deep in the hold
The year seventeen hundred
Ships were being plundered
By pirates and countries at war
So a dangerous quest
That brought some success
Left the crew just wanting some more
Well, after a time
Of women and wine
The ship was refitted and ready
The sails did unfold
The crew, young and old
Together, shouted steady boys steady
The wind filled the sail
Feeling they could not fail
Sea shanties were sung by the crew
Optimism was high
No clouds in the sky
What the future held , nobody knew
The wind was quite strong
So it wasn't that long
More than a month but not more than two
They were in warmer seas
Scrubbing decks on their knees
The sky a welcoming blue
Now the peace didn't last
'cause high in the mast
In the crow's nest stood dead-eyed Big Jim
Left eye had a patch
But he ws ready to catch
A share of some bounty for him
And now JIm was certain
That on the horizon
He'd spotted a merchant ship's sail
Ship Ahoy! was his call
Heard by them all
In no time they were hard on it's tail
"Come on me beauties
We all know out duties,"
Said the captain, with a voice just like thunder
" That ship is too slow
We'll deliver a blow
It's loaded with riches to plunder"
Steady boys steady
With ropes at the ready
Deadly quiet, they had nothing to say
They came alongside
Thinking just of the prize
That will be theirs by the end of the day
This was the morn
With cutlasses drawn
That everyman had always prepared for
So this blood thirsty hoard
Climbed swiftly aboard
It's treasure prepared now to die for
The battle wa short
Their captain was caught
The dead were thrown over the side
The load was transfered
Then they said a word
For the shipmates who that day had died
The pirates were lenient
In truth it was convenient
The ship was left with it's men
A skeleton crew just ought
Get back to it's port
And start the whole process again!
So with a belly full of rum
And a beat of the drum
The pirates sailed off in full voice
Time spent at sea
They were happy to be
This life was a pirates first choice
But this life could not last
As one day by the mast
Their last time together they'd spend
They all would be hung
Altogether they swung
Into history they sailed in the end
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