Pirate's Life song
It's a pirate's life for Blackbeard, Anne Bonny and Mary Read - these swashbucklers weren't to be messed with!
PARODY OF
Shotgun by George Ezra
MUSIC BY
Richie Webb
FROM
Series 9 Episode 9 (Banging Bling)
LYRICS:
Pirate operator
There's none greater
Blackbeard's my name
Stealing's my game!
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It's no surprise I cause a scare
I keep lit tapers in my hair
Now take me to your loot.
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I don't need your silver and gold
Cos they're far too heavy in my hold.
Give me cumin, nutmeg, and all of your wine
Anything I can sell will do fine.
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Look out cos here we come
Sailing in the hot sun
Flag has got a skull on (see?)
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Here's what my advice is,
Hand over your spices
Or get cut into slices.
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Anne Bonny, Mary Read
Equal opportunity
Gonna take your rum
Fetch a tidy sum.
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Secret sales to the colonies
If you want tea, it's me you see
But don't tell the governor.
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We may be bad but in case of dispute
Pirate's code means you'll get your fair loot.
And when we're caught we'll claim pregnancy
It's what known as pleading the belly.
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Sail the Caribbean
Underneath the hot sun
Ship with 36 guns
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Stealing from everyone
Then sell it back to them
Spend it on having fun.
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We're a floating shop
Sell at every stop
Be it sugar or spice
All competitively priced, so...
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A pirate's life isn't quite what it seems
Some have even robbed ships for the Queen.
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We'll scare you just enough
So you give us your stuff
Cos I'd rather keep my cutlass clean.
(But we will kill you if we have to)
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On the ocean we roam
Under skull and crossbones
Galleon is our home.
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Stealing is a pleasure
We don't bury treasure
Spend it at our leisure.
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Oh, living life on the rum
Underneath the hot sun
Easier said than done (yeah-yeah!)
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Cos there'll be retribution
We'll face prosecution
And then execution
Oh, yeah.