Yarr, on this day celebrating the heritage o' pirates, I brings ye the great works o' Stan Rogers. Rogers (Jolly we's called he) he be writin' and singin' the grandest song o' pirates: "Barrett's Privateers"
God damn them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns-shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's Privateers.
Curses, ye scurvy dogs. So pay heed to this tale, the true story of an almost real pirate.
Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
But what about "Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me"? Our 3-year-old loves to sing along with that one on one of her Disney tapes.
2 - Jim Carruthers
Swish is made by putting water in rum barrels to leach the booze out. It doesn't involve Disney or Johnny Depp.