A Pirate’s Life

A Pirate’s Life
Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer

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 guitARR
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 thARR
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 binoculARR
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 jARR
And when we are finished we’ll ARR ARR ARR ARR

Chorus

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 triangulARR
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

A buccaneers’ life is exciting and bold
Tis a charming story that ought to be told
As I sit on the deck, to write me memoiR
I open me log and write 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!”
Avast me hearties, you’re the finest by fARR
We sail the high seas with our ARR ARR ARR ARR
We’ll shiver me timbers , it’s ARR ARR ARR ARR