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pirates for sail - the derelict lyrics

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fifteen men on the dead mans chest
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
drink and the devil had done for the rest
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

the mate was fixed by the bosun’s pike
the bosun brained with a marlinspike
and cookey’s throat was marked belike;
it had been gripped by fingers ten
‘an there they lay, all good dead men
like break o’ day in a boozing ken
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

fifteen men of the whole ships list
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
dead and bed#mned, and rest gone whist
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

the skipper lay with his kn#b in gore
where the scullions axe, his cheek had shore
and the scullion, he was stabbed times four;
and there they lay, and the soggy skies, drinking all day long in up#staring eyes
in murk sunset and that foul sunrise
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

fifteen men of ’em, stiff and stark
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
ten of the crew had the murder mark
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

twas a cutlass swipe, or an ounce of lead
or a yawing hole in a battered head
and the scuppers glut with a rotting red
and there they lay, ay d#mn thee eyes!
our lookouts clapped on paradise
all souls bound just contrary wise
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

fifteen men on the dead mans chest
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
drink and the devil had done for the rest
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

we wrapped ’em all in a mainsail tight
with twice ten turns of the hausers bite
then we heaved ’em o’er and out of sight!
with a “yo heave#ho!” and a “fare thee well”
and a sudden plunge and a sullen swell
ten fathoms deep on the road to h#ll…
yo ho ho and a bottle of rum (ha!)

- pirates for sail lyrics

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