Lyrics for The Battle Of The Jolly Roger

We sailed out on the western sea
Our hull was full our hearts were free
Until we saw the black frigate
Approach on the horizon

We hoisted sail the wheel was spun
He changed our course all set to run
Our captain with his spyglass saw
That dreadful flag arising

Whey hey up she rises
The jolly roger up she rises
Ear-ly in the morning

The wind grew calm the waters still
The black ship rose above the swells
And soon alas she boarded us
Out on the open ocean

From cutlass wound and pistol shot
Our crew there fell in pools of blood
They made our captain walk the plank
And spared the last survivors
To England we were mutineers
For not dying with our captain there
As pirates now we sailed away
Beneath the Jolly Roger


Our captain was a fearsome man
Who had a hook for his left hand
And sent a many a sailin man
To Davy Jones's locker
When a merchant ship drifted in sight
The crew was readied for the fight
Load the cannon hoist the sails
And raise the Jolly Roger

When the seas grew fierce
The ship was tossed
The captain feared
She would be lost
And then at last
That mighty roar

M A N O V E R B O A R D !

Weigh anchor
Hoist the sails
Powder the cannons
Starboard side
Let the balls fly
Prepare to be boarded
Take none alive