Pirate Song

[VERSE 1]

Once I was a pirate and I sailed the ocean blue.

I traveled with a captain and his nasty pirate crew.

There never was a captain quite as fierce as Captain Blye.

He had a wooden leg and a patch upon his eye.

Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me!

Yo ho! Yo ho! A sailing on the sea

[VERSE 2]

"Ahoy ye mates!" the captain yelled. "There's treasure to be had."

He'd shake his fist high in the air and laugh 'cause he was bad.

He didn't spare the ships he found, a hundred ships he sank.

And all who met the captain were made to walk the plank.

Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me!

Yo ho! Yo ho! A sailing on the sea

[VERSE 3]

The captain had a secret that made him shake in fear.

He was afraid of mice and he would run if one was near.

When they attacked a frigate with a thousand rats and mice,

Old Captain Blye gave up and he turned and ran in fright.

Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me!

Yo ho! Yo ho! A sailing on the sea

[VERSE 4]

Our crew they were all captured, our pirate days were through.

They laughed at us and told us, "We'll be glad to keelhaul you!"

I trembled when I walked the plank and jumped in with a scream!

'Twas then that I awoke from my nasty pirate dream.

Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirate's life for me!

Yo ho! Yo ho! A sailing on the sea