Ay, to be honoring today as Talk Like a Pirate Day, I wish to parlay this here chanty tune to be sung in and around ye office this afternoon.... yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!! And what be Quinlan Vos' ties to Talk Like a Pirate Day you ask laddy? Nothing to fill these main sails, but he sure do dress the part, arrr! But, there still be time to cast ye vote for the land lubber to be the first EU figure from Sideshow, so vote now ya filthy bilge rats!!

Vote For Quin, Arrr!!

Avast me hearties, with that plug out of me way, learn the song like a proper Pirate gentleman.... Arrr!!!

A PIRATE'S LIFE

I'm a crusty old pirate, I live by the sea
I say ARR! To me mates and they say ARR! To me
We'll sing a sea chantey and play the guitar
The swashbucklers favorite song ARR ARR ARR ARR

We sail the high seas and the small ones to boot
Just a bunch of old scallywags lookin' for loot
Where X marks the spot on the treasure map thar
With a heave! and a ho! and an ARR ARR ARR ARR

Chorus:

And it's yo ho ho And it's hoist the sail high
"Swab the deck", says the captain The crew says, "AYE.
AYE!";
A happy swashbuckler will tell you point blank
He'd rather be swabbin' than walkin' the plank

The lookout first mate, at the captains behest
Has climbed up the mast and he's in the crows nest
He's lookin' for ships with his binocular
And when he sees them he'll shout ARR ARR ARR ARR

You had best close your eyes when we sit down to eat
For manners are lost on a pirating fleet
We gobble our grub, slurp our grog from a jar
And when we are finished we'll ARR ARR ARR ARR

CH: And it's yo ho ho

There's a patch on me eye and there's stripes on me shirt
We're surrounded by water and still we find dirt
Our hats have three corners they're triangular
We wear them while singing our ARR ARR ARR ARR

When pirates sing, they sing boldly and proud
When pirates are sleeping they snore very loud
And when pirates laugh they say HAR DE HAR HAR!
The rest of the time they say ARR ARR ARR ARR

Continued....
A Buccaneers' life is exciting and bold
OTis a charming story that ought to be told
As I sit on the deck, to write me memoir
I open me log and write AR AR AR AR

CH:
And it's yo ho ho And it's hoist the sail high
"Swab the deck";, says the captain The crew says "AYE. AYE!";
Avast me hearties, you're the finst by far
We sail the high seas with our Arr Arr Arr Arr
We'll shiver me timbers , it's Arr Arr Arr Arr

© Marcy Marxer, 2 Spoons Music, ASCAP From the recording "Scat Like That: A Musical Word Odyssey" on Rounder Records, by GRAMMY Award winners Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer.
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