Paul Shapera
A Pirate’s Tale
[PIRATES]:
Life you found's got you down
Getting harder each day
Troubles stacked on your back
You're better off our way
Come aboard then follow me
Off we sail on the seven seas
With your mates, there awaits
All your fortune and fame

You may find no-one lines up
To give you their gold
Poor old sod. Like a dog
Stranded out in the cold
Here's a radical business plan
Go and take from them all you can
With a sword at your side
All your gold or your lives
It‟s a pirate's life we weather
On the seas in our quest for treasure
It's a pirate's life we chose
See you in Davy Jones'

A week in the brig
Dance the hempen jig
A black jack arrack
And a yo-ho-ho
A week in the brig
Dance the hempen jig
A black jack arrack
And a yo-ho-ho
A week in the brig
Dance the hempen jig
A black jack arrack
And a yo-ho-ho
On the see where you’re free
There is nothing you’ll lack
All the men, your best friends
‘till you’re stabbed in the back

Of your deeds they will speak in dread
You'll retire either rich or dead
With the bones on your flag
All the gold that you have
It’s a pirate’s life we weather
On the seas in our quest for treasure
It’s a pirate’s life we chose
See you in Davy Jones'
It’s a pirate’s life we weather
On the seas in our quest for treasure
It’s a pirate’s life we chose
See you in Davy Jones'