The Pirate King - David Wise

Oh, better far to live and die

Under the brave black flag I fly

Than play a sanctimonious part

With a pirate head and a pirate heart

Away to the cheating world go you

Where pirates all are well-to-do;

But I’ll be true to the song I sing

And live and die a Pirate King

For I am a Pirate King!

And it is, it is a glorious thing

To be a Pirate King!

For I am a Pirate King!

You are!

Hurrah for our Pirate King!

And it is, it is a glorious thing

To be a Pirate King

It is!

Hurrah for our Pirate King!

Hurrah for the/our Pirate King!

When I sally forth to seek my prey

I help myself in a royal way

I sink a few more ships, it’s true

Than a well-bred monarch ought to do;

But many a king on a first-class throne

If he wants to call his crown his own

Must manage somehow to get through

More dirty work than ever I do

For I am a Pirate King!

And it is, it is a glorious thing

To be a Pirate King!

For I am a Pirate King!

You are!

Hurrah for the Pirate King!

And it is, it is a glorious thing

To be a Pirate King

It is!

Hurrah for our Pirate King!

Hurrah for the/our Pirate King!