Oh All Right, Me Hearties!

Yes, I know it's Talk Like A Pirate Day. I've always enjoyed this in the past, yet somehow listening to the drive-time jocks carrying on about it on the radio this morning killed the buzz for me. Hey, call me a grouch.

BUT, since lots of other folks are enjoying the day, I'll toss in my two-cent contribution as well. Following up on yesterday's posting about Gilbert & Sullivan, then, I give you the Pirate King:

(Image swiped here.)

Maestro...Music please:

Pirate King:
Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly,
Than play a sanctimonious part,
With a pirate head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating world go you,
Where pirates all are well-to-do;
But I’ll be true to the song I sing,
And live and die a Pirate King.

For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!

For I am a Pirate King!

Chorus:
You are!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

King:
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.

Chorus:
It is!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

King & Chorus:
Hurrah for the/our Pirate King!

King:
When I sally forth to seek my prey
I help myself in a royal way.
I sink a few more ships, it’s true,
Than a well-bred monarch ought to do;
But many a king on a first-class throne,
If he wants to call his crown his own,
Must manage somehow to get through
More dirty work than ever I do,

For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!

For I am a Pirate King!

Chorus:
You are!
Hurrah for the Pirate King!

King:
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.

Chorus:
It is!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

King & Chorus:
Hurrah for the/our Pirate King!

(I was going to say something about Captain Feathersword, but Vic beat me to it.)

Arr!!