# Pirate songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365 "2016-09-19T17:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/21 "2016-09-19T23:00:38Z")
[Men](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7p86-2mPo) isn’t really exclusively about pirates, but rather men at sea. Still, I think it deserves some air play today. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/22 "2016-09-19T23:24:45Z")
Possibly a stretch - if pirates say “arrrrgh!”, then Cretin yelling “Argh, fuckin’ Billy, my shit stinks!!!” in _Fuck My Shit Stinks_ by the Daylgo Abortions should hopefully qualify. _Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_? Maybe there were some pirate corpses floating around in it? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/23 "2016-09-19T23:33:17Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > [“Pirates”, Emerson, Lake & Palmer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7p86-2mPo) My stupid imagination: every time I hear this song I like to intentionally mishear “He shot the lock from an iron box and a blood-red ruby kissed” as “…and a blood-red rube he kissed.” I have this mental image of a Mad magazine-type illustrated spoof of the lyrics, with a Jack Davis drawing of the pirate captain smooching a furiously blushing hayseed while the other pirates howl with laughter. ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/24 "2016-09-20T00:01:33Z")
All for me Grog - Barleyjuice [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M_b-XbTDe3o/maxresdefault.jpg "All for Me Grog") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_b-XbTDe3o) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/25 "2016-09-20T00:29:56Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > Possibly a stretch - if pirates say “arrrrgh!”, Arrrrrrrr, not arrrrgh. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/26 "2016-09-20T01:14:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Arrrrrrrr, not arrrrgh. Right. “Arrrrgh” was Joseph of Arimathea’s last word. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/27 "2016-09-20T01:16:59Z")
_I want to sing and dance, I want to sing and dance. I want to be a pirate In the Pirates of Penzance._ \_Ray Stevens ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/28 "2016-09-20T01:19:15Z")
Kansas City is the home of the premier Pirate themed folk band, the [Jolly Rogers](http://jollyrogerskc.com/). Here’s a great version of their song, [The Devil’s Son](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMVZdE97l0) I’ve seen them a bunch of times… they’re a guilty pleasure of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/29 "2016-09-20T01:24:42Z")
Meg Davis singing [Polly Oliver’s Problem.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94rhOeDQVmA) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/30 "2016-09-20T01:45:50Z")
Joni Mitchell’s [Pirate of Penance](https://youtu.be/ujqoMvG1lE8). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/31 "2016-09-20T02:50:24Z")
“Jim Jones at Botany Bay.” Poachers, Pirates, Convicts, and Outlaws. Bob Dylan did a nice cover on _Good as I Been to You._ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2t7Y5k9OIdg/maxresdefault.jpg "Jim Jones At Botany Bay") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t7Y5k9OIdg) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/32 "2016-09-20T05:20:32Z")
Several songs from the musical “Peter Pan”: Captain Hook’s Waltz Hook’s Tango Tarantella Pirate Song ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/33 "2016-09-20T05:31:14Z")
Cruising along the [Coast of High Barbary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc5kD8rXsJo&list=PLUSRfoOcUe4ZqHLXfvKCBBpC8Od03XWns&index=10). ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/34 "2016-09-20T05:55:06Z")
Tom Waits and Keith Richards [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hJgWaqwZml4/hqdefault.jpg "Son Of Rogues Gallery - "Shenandoah"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJgWaqwZml4) ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/35 "2016-09-20T06:37:11Z")
[Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A19q7rysLs) 🙂 [You’re A Crook Captain Hook](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeSh3vLvYI) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/36 "2016-09-20T10:17:43Z")
A South African 70s classic: [The Buccaneer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73PPofzvOX0) by [McCully Workshop](https://1001sasongs.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/the-buccaneer-%E2%80%93-mccully-workshop/). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/37 "2016-09-20T19:56:17Z")
Classic early Toten Hosen: [Unter falscher Flagge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1_kNDZ8XBU). Prussian Pirate Punk (sorry…). ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/38 "2016-09-20T20:03:12Z")
Wait, one more Punk Pirate Poem (ok, I’ll stop now with the alliterations): The Sex Pistols - [Frigging In The Rigging](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY98iGETKFk). ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/39 "2016-09-20T20:36:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Lotte Lenya sings [Pirate Jenny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFP3x4bKpZE) > > \*By noontime the dock > Is a-swarmin’ with men > Comin’ out from the ghostly freighter > They move in the shadows > Where no one can see > And they’re chainin’ up people > And they’re bringin’ em to me > Askin’ me, > “Kill them NOW, or LATER?” > Askin’ ME! > “Kill them now, or later?” > > Noon by the clock > And so still by the dock > You can hear a foghorn miles away > And in that quiet of death > I’ll say, “Right now. > Right now!” > > Then they’ll pile up the bodies > And I’ll say, > “That’ll learn ya!”\* It’s an awesome song. I prefer Maddy Prior’s voice though. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BvLYvZrFn4E/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLB4agAKjcfSI5-vFMlpZVxcpdP25Q "Steeleye Span - The Black Freighter (Live) (Threepenny Opera)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvLYvZrFn4E) ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365/40 "2016-09-20T20:41:12Z")
Well, I don’t know about pirates, I don’t, but me and my children like: “[Drunken Sailor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw)” (I clean it up to “naughty sailor” and suchforth) and the[Skye Boat song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ7qKqPbaPo) and the [Twa Sisters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2SIbH1ycXw), and Molly Malone, and other Child ballads… 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pirate-songs/766365.md?page=3)