The Pirate Song Lyrics

The song The Pirate Song is performed by Ray Stevens in the album named Ray Stevens' Box Set in the year 2006 .



Sixteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

"Avast there mates, ye're sailin'
With Long John Black Beard
Peg-Leg, Patch-Eye Hook
Scourge of the bounding main
Bloodthirstiest, black-heartiest"

"Pirate captain ever sailed the seven seas ha, ha, ha
What say ye, we hoist the Jolly Roger
Heel over the yonder Spanish galleon
Lay a few broadsides agin' her timers"

"Swing over on these here lanyards
With our cutla*ses in our teeth
Cut 'em to ribbons and split the booty
What say ye to that, me hearties?
Heh, ha, ha, ha, ha"

"I don't like it"
"You don't like it?"
"I don't like it and I don't wanna do it
It's tacky, tacky, tacky and don't look at me that way"
"Well, if you don't like it, what do you want?"

I want to sing and dance, I want to sing and dance
I want to be a pirate in the Pirates of Penzance
Wear me silver buckled slippers and me tight shiny pants
I want to sing and dance

"You want to sing and dance, heh
You don't like plundering, aye?
Well, shiver me timbers 'ow 'bout treasuring, huh?
Rubies, emeralds and pearls
Gold doubloons and British sovereigns

"Silver chalices encrusted with diamonds and jewels
Necklaces and bracelets of every shape and size
Fit for the crown heads of Europe, aye?"

"And all buried in a pirate's chest
And I just happen to know where
How about that me bloodthirsty
Buckos, heh? Ha, ha, ha"

"I don't like it"
"You don't like it?"
"I don't like it and I don't want it"
"He don't want it"
"And I won't do it, I'm an artiste"
"An artiste, well, Mister Artiste, what do you want?"

I want to sing and dance, I want to sing and dance
I want to be a pirate in the Pirates of Penzance
Wear me silver buckled slippers and me tight shiny pants
I want to sing and dance

"Now, listen hear, this ain't no floating Gilbert and Sullivan show
You know for some little flittin' tinkerbell
This here be a black hearted pirate ship
And I would have you keel hauled if you weren't me
Own flesh and blood you little twit!
So you don't like plunderin' aye?"

"I don't like it"
"And you don't want no treasurin' ah?"
"I don't want it"
"And you probably don't want no groggin' and revelin'
And wrenchin' and rummin' either I suppose?"

"Well, deep down you want to know the truth?
It's not me, I don't want it"
"Well, what do you want
As if I didn't already bleein' know?"
"I want to sing and dance and"

"I know, I know and wear your tight little shiny pants
Huh, okay, we'll all sing and dance
I said, we'll all sing and dance
Or you'll walk the plank, one two free"

I want to sing and dance, I want to sing and dance
I want to be a pirate in the Pirates of Penzance
Wear me silver buckled slippers and me tight shiny pants
I want to sing and dance
("You hear the Captain and twit's voice say")

"I like it, I like it"
"I kinda like it me own self"
"Thought you would"

Sixteen men on a dead man's chest
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

"I don't like rum"
"You don't like rum?"
"Well, no, actually, well, I might like a little Perrier"

"A little Perrier?"
"With a lime in it"
"A lime in it? He wants a lime in it"

"Well, do you have any Escargot?"
"Escar, what?"
"What's the soup today?"
"Soup?"
"Might have a bit of a salad too"
"Well, how about a bleeding finger bowl?"

"Maybe a croissant, is that right?
Those French make everything so hard
Why didn't they just call it a bun?"



Ray Stevens - Ray Stevens' Box Set

Feb 2006

  1. It's Me Again, Margaret
  2. Too Drunk To Fish
  3. Misty
  4. Freudian Slip
  5. Sittin' Up With The Dead
  6. Everything Is Beautiful
  7. Power Tools
  8. Drivers Education
  9. Hang Up And Drive
  10. Ahab The Arab
  11. The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (The Beginning)
  12. Blue Angel
  13. The Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone (The End?)
  14. Pledging My Love
  15. The Woogie Boogie
  16. Love Will Beat Your Brains Out
  17. The Haircut Song
  18. The Streak
  19. The Mississippi Squirrel Revival
  20. Family Funeral Fight
  21. Deerslayer
  22. Safe At Home
  23. Boogie Woogie
  24. Virgil And The Moonshot
  25. The Hustler
  26. Osama Yo' Mama
  27. Hello Mama
  28. Let's Roll
  29. We're Havin' A Baby
  30. When The Kids Are Gone
  31. Turn Your Radio On
  32. Kitty Cat's Revenge
  33. Juanita & The Kids
  34. Thank You
  35. Shriner's Convention
  36. Nashville
  37. Erik The Awful
  38. The Dog Song
  39. The Cat Song
  40. When I Get Over You
  41. The Pirate Song
  42. Come On Home To Baseball
  43. Gitarzan
  44. Bridget The Midget
  45. Bon Temps Roulette
  46. Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band
  47. Gone For Good
  48. Stand Up
  49. The King Of Christmas
  50. Be Your Own Best Friend
  51. Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick

The Pirate Song