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So ye'd like to be a buccaneer then? There's freedom in it, but we've a code as well. Keeps us alive, it does.

This song details most of the historical Pirate's Code. Apparently, pirates were in bed by eight (unless they were still drinking).

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To all of you
Who seek to join
Our jolly crew
Walk up the gangplank
Drop yer pack
I've got some news for you

Our life is hard
But it can make ye rich
Free aboard the sea
Not stuck here with an itch

So if you feel inclined
Then sign this list, grab a tool
A'fore ya go I'll let you know the rules

Every man a vote a share
A pistol and a sword
The captain and the (quarter)master
One share more

Ya take yer fights ashore
Till one hit and then they're done
No cards or dice or games for coin
In battle never run

No music on the Lord's day
And lights out at eight bells past
If yer still inclined to drink
Then do it by the mast

No talk of breaking up
Till you've a thousand gold amassed
Keep yer piece and pistol clean
Yer cutlass sharp as glass

If ye do all this
You'll join our crew right over 'ere
Climb up to the crow's nest and you'll be
Be a buccaneer

Climb
To the crow's nest
And sign
On the dotted line
And you'll be a buccaneer

We travel round the world
Let our sails be our guide
Together we can storm the breach
And collect ourselves a prize

Our crew is to us
Both a body and a mind
Ever they be parted
And our deaths we'll quickly find

To keep him at arm's length
And forever just a ghoul
We formed a pact
And drafted up the rules

Every man a vote a share
A pistol and a sword
The captain and the (quarter)master
One share more

Ya take yer fights ashore
Till one hit and then they're done
No cards or dice or games for coin
In battle never run

No music on the Lord's day
And lights out at eight bells past
If yer still inclined to drink
Then do it by the mast

No talk of breaking up
Till you've a thousand gold amassed
Keep yer piece and pistol clean
Yer cutlass sharp as glass

If ye do all this
You'll join our crew right over 'ere
Climb up to the crow's nest and you'll be
Be a buccaneer

Climb
To the crow's nest
And sign
On the dotted line
And you'll be a buccaneer

Climb
To the crow's nest
And sign
On the dotted line
And you'll be a buccaneer

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from Tales and Legends from a Far Away Place, released July 29, 2020

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