The Pirate Song
by Tamir Buchshtav
based on "The Weeping Song" by Nick Cave

Go son go down to the water,
And see the ships all moored out there,
Then choose your place, head to the oceans,
The cutlass ready in your hand.

Captain do men all call us pirates?
Oh we are pirates for our king.
Then do soldiers call us pirates?
Oh we are pirating their things.

Chorus:
This is the pirate song,
It’s a song in which to steal.
Where all the hands and mateys kill
This is the pirate song,
And I won't be a pirate long.

Captain why do sailors call us pirates?
They are merely frightened son.
O, are they merely frightened captain?
Yes true pirating will come.

Chorus

O captain tell me are you a pirate?
Your sword, it is red you see.
O then I'm so sorry captain,
I never though I'll kill you so soon.

Chorus and I won't be a pirate long.
And I won't be a pirate long.
And I won't be a pirate long.