Oh! The pirate life is thrilling
And the lads are bold and gruff
They do pillaging and stealing
And other rough tough stuff.

But a pirate can get thinking
And a pirate can get glum
For there’s more to life than fighting,
Treasure, yo ho ho and rum.

Nights grow lonely in my hammock
When the ocean wind blows cold
Like a ship without a cargo
I’ve got nothing in my hold.

I have heard the mermaids murmur
But a mermaid’s half a fish
And I want a girl with legs and not
A scaly tail to swish.

I’ve sung soft songs to the waters
On my heartstrings tunes I’ve played
But there’s no one in the seas except
Sardines to serenade.

From fair ladies I’ve been castaway
Adrift, alone, marooned.
But now Cupid’s shot an arrow
And my heart has been harpooned.

It’s with love for you he’s struck me
With that missile from his quiver
You have set my boat a-floating
And made all my timbers shiver.

Love has left me feeling groggy
By my poem be enticed
Let my woozy wooing win you
Like the mainbrace, let’s get spliced.

Let us knot our ropes together
I am useless on my own
Like a cannon with no powder
Like a skull with no crossbone.

Will you say you’ll be my sweetheart?
Will you end my misery?
It’s the tears of lonely sailors
That turn all the seas salty.