Alestorm - Pirate Song(2009) C

Words & Music by Christopher Bowes & Joe McQuade
From The Album "Black Sails at Midnight"
Made for 'International Talk like a Pirate Day' Sept 19 2023
Kar by Geoffrey Carter 26th August 2023
For PC MIDI Player sounds best with Timbres of Heaven
Sound fonts loaded via Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth
Available free from www.midkar.com

Though you see me now
a mere ghost of a man...
I once had the heart of a lion...
Commanded my ship between many a shore...
The ol' Jolly Roger a~flyin...

Mine was a name
that struck fear into men...
And regret into plenty of lasses...
Oh, how I wish
I could take back those days...
As I stare at these
empty beer glasses...

I think of the times past
when I had it all...
I toyed with men's wives
and their daughters...
And in my pursuit
of this ill~gotten wealth...
I stabbed and I slashed
and I slaughtered...

And for what? {Hey!}
The men that I've fought
Are matched by the
number of women I've bought...
And for what? {Hey!}
I've killed and I've shot
And reddened the
cold tears of children with blood
And If I could go back
and make my amends
I'd make all those mistakes again
I'd kill every last one
of those bastards, my friend...

My ship was the last sight
that many would see...
As we narrowed the gap
with our quarry...
The sound of the cannons
and splintering wood...
Would herald our paths into glory...

We seized all the bounty
and scuppered the ship
Our hearts hadn't time for the wounded
I took my share
and the crew got the rest
And on into port we then bounded...

Life has many pleasures
and we had our fill
Of food and of wenches and beer
When we'd tired of the port
or had drunken it dry
The time to set sail would come near

And for what? {Hey!}
We heeded no law
Made other men suffer
so we could have more...
And for what? {Hey!}
We lived every day
With the noose of the hangman
a hair's breadth away
And If I could go back
and make my amends
I'd make all those mistakes again
I'd kill every last one
of those bastards, my friend..

Oh I have seen wonders
you'd never have dreamed
And taken my fair share, I must say
Holds full of booty I happily seized
From crews who would not see a new day...

Spanish gold came and went,
gem stones got sold
But I knew more lay on the horizon..
Yet the beer was too good
and the gals were too sweet
And now in my old age it's gone...

These memories were bought
with the lives of good men
A price that I paid without scruple
So many souls suffered
so I could get drunk
And swagger from brothel to brothel...

And for what? {Hey!}
It's been many years
Yet the screams of the vanquished
still ring in my ears...
And for what? {Hey!}
I've blood on my hands
I wait for my place in the
halls of the damned
And If I could go back
and make my amends
I'd make all those mistakes again
I'd kill every last one
of those bastards, my friend..

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Alestorm - Pirate Song(2009) C
Words & Music by Christopher Bowes & Joe McQuade
From The Album "Black Sails at Midnight"
Made for 'International Talk like a Pirate Day' Sept 19 2023
Sequence by Geoffrey Carter 26th August 2023
For PC MIDI Player sounds best with Timbres of Heaven
Sound fonts loaded via Coolsoft Virtual Midi Synth
Available free from www.midkar.com
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