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!"

- LazyTown, "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