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Geoff Geis - Pirate Pete (and the Conspicuous Absence of Bacardi)

from Mantichorean by Stephen Wordsmith

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Recorded for February Album Writing Month, 2013.

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I'm Pirate Pete and I'm here to party
Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of... Can I start again?

I'm Pirate Pete and I'm here to party
Yo, ho, ho and a slice of havarti
I slice up these swabs like a bright yellow cheese
Poking holes in their eyes with such effortless ease

I'm Pirate Pete and I'm here to party
Yo, ho, ho and a nice Chianti
My fava-rite cutlass cuts straight to the liver
Spills tides of blood on me timbers a-shiver

Sing with me, ye salty landlubbers...

CHORUS
Rolling over, rolling under, hear me as I roar like thunder
Tear these scalliwags asunder! Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum!
Pitching, tossing, westward crossing, straight to Davy Jones' locking
Dead men got no tales for talking! Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum!

I'm Pirate Pete and I'm here to party
Yo, ho, ho and some Lemon & Barley
Do you or I or anyone know
Where the crew of a scuttled Sunfish go?

I'm Pirate Pete and I'm here to party
Yo, ho, ho and a cable-knit cardi
Braid all yer whiskers then braid the ropes
Then board the dash sea dogs and dash their hopes!

Make like me parrot and squawk along...
CHORUS

Avast! It be time for the brig!

A song on the seas ain't no great crime
With the slaves in the galley with the oars keepin' time
So tap yer peg legs and swing yer hooks
And sing til you're crook, you scurvy crooks

I'm Pete and I'm one of a pirate party
We drink our rum to stay hale and hearty
As we right to the heart of darkness sail
Hoping not to wind up in the heart of a whale

Now sing from the bottom of yer yellow bellies...

CHORUS x 2

credits

from Mantichorean, released September 3, 2013
Lyrics by Stephen Wort.
All music composition, accordion, and lead vocals by Geoff Geis (fawm.org/fawmers/gvgeis/)
Mixing, guitar, and vocals by Emily McKeever (fawm.org/fawmers/emkeev/)
Vocals by Eric August (fawm.org/fawmers/lazyafro/)
Vocals, soprano recorder, mandolin, and wood bass by Izaak Alexander (www.reverbnation.com/izaakalexander)
Vocals by The Dust Collector (fawm.org/fawmers/thedustcollector/)
Vocals by Matthew Halley (www.reverbnation.com/matthewhalley)
Bodhran, tambourine, and vocals by Blind Kiwi (blindkiwiblues.com)
Fiddle by Sajoli86 (fawm.org/fawmers/sajoli86/)

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