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By Michel Tonnerre
-Translated from French by Lake Davineer.

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*Capo 4th fret
Am
T'was an illustrious crew aboard the Manchester
G Am
All buccaneers o' the big blue and captained by Spencer
Am F7 Em
A chain o' gold or a wooden leg whatever, come what may
Am Em Am
the pirate oath 'll keep us true until judgement day!

Refrain
So Reagan Dougan and the sailor folk Hi Ho!
Stand by to board! & then our hoard! will only grow & grow!
Slay 'em all for the haul or your final hurrah
'll be to hang your neck in noose like a pompous bourgeois!


T'was a sacred gang 'o scum sea farin' pirates all
Scallywags each 'n every one, at daylight & night fall
To steal & loot & stab & shoot it's our occupation
For the gold you have to kill - it's no quarter given!

Revelry, addled frenzy, no fear o' hangin' dead
Your heart lives on dreams of sea, your hands are bloody red
For a lass, or an affront, we'll fight another day
We only dream of the hunt, for it's no prey means no pay!

Hurrah the girls hurrah the fair we moor in the Caribees
We're gonna drink up to forget great carnage of the seas.
And in my final battle fought my arm got cut right off
After one thousand coins were swiped from a stinkin' bourgeois toff!

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from NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SEA SHANTIES vol. 1, released July 1, 2013

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