Pirate/Quotes

"Fly our flag, we teach them fear

Capture them, the end is near

Firing guns they shall burn

Surrender or fight there's no return

Under Jolly Roger!"

- Under Jolly Roger by Running Wild

"''Oh some are fond of red wine, and some are fond of white,

And some are all for dancing by the pale moonlight:

But rum alone's the tipple, and the heart's delight

Of the old bold mate of Henry Morgan.''"

- John Masefield "Captain Stratton's Fancy"

"Terrorizing suckers on the seven seas

And if you've got beef - you'll get capped in the knees

We got sixteen men on a dead man's chest

And I shot those suckers and I'll shoot the rest"

- The Beastie Boys, "Rhymin' and Stealin'"

"He was the mildest-manner'd man that ever scuttled ship or cut a throat."

- Lord Byron

"With a hi hi ho and a hi hi hey

We're bound to be close to the sea

Our captain will stand on the bridge and sing

Pirates are all we can be

With a hi hi ho and a hi hi hey

We're hoisting the flag to be free

We will steal the show

Jolly Rogers, go

We are wolves of the sea."

- Alestorm, Wolves of the Sea.

"''They murder coldly and detachedly

Whatever comes across their path

They throttle gullets as relaxedly

As fling a rope up to the mast.

At wakes they fall upon the liquor

Then stagger overboard and drown

While the remainder give a snigger

And wave a toe as they go down.''"

- Bertolt Brecht, Ballad of the Pirates

"Yar, har, fiddle-de-dee

Being a Pirate is all right to be

Do what you want 'cause a Pirate is free

You are a Pirate!"

- Lazy Town, "You Are a Pirate"

"And those buccaneers drown their sins in rum

The Devil himself would have to call 'em scum

Every man a board would've killed his mate

For a bag of guineas or a piece of eight

A piece of eight

A piece of eight

A five, six, seven, eight"

- Muppet Treasure Island, Shiver My Timbers