Arrr! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Yarr, mateys, I be findin’ meself with an inadequate selection of piratical shanties in me iTunes to be celebratin’ one of me favorite holidays. A pirate can only listen to so much Monkey Island soundtrack before going a bit parroty in the bilge. Here are me favorite pirate musicks:
- Derelict, by Young E. Allison. The original “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!”, sung as a canticle.
- Flogging Molly, Seven Deadly Sins
- Stan Rogers, Barrett’s Privateers
- The Ben Gunn Society
… and that’s pretty much all I’ve got in me hold. I need the Pirate Music Directory more than I need a lime for me scurvy, arr.
Bill Tozier wrote:
Interesting. We just scanned and digitized (and republished) the original sheet music for Derelict, and include a MIDI file of the original tune it was set to.
Posted 19 Sep 2020 at 5:20 pm ¶
skookumchick wrote:
Wahoo, Stan Rogers! Are you a fan too?
Posted 19 Sep 2020 at 5:51 pm ¶
AarRew wrote:
I’m sure ye can add to your definitive list of odd sea-chanties the Barber Pirates’ Song from The Curse of Monkey Island. Aar!
“A pirate I was meant to be, trim the sails and roam the sea!”
Posted 21 Sep 2020 at 12:14 pm ¶
yami wrote:
Skookumchick: I’m not sure I’d go so far as “fan” but I do enjoy singing several of his songs in the shower :)
Rew: Aye, I have that one on me hard drive as well, just forgot to mention it.
Posted 21 Sep 2020 at 2:38 pm ¶
Melissa Barton wrote:
I’m fond of “The Last Saskatchewan Pirate” (Arrogant Worms), but I think ultimately I’m more into the commercial sailors’ shanties.
Posted 25 Sep 2020 at 6:11 pm ¶
Lab Lemming wrote:
Have you seen the “type like a pirate” keyboard?
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/202090.html#more
Posted 29 Sep 2020 at 1:11 pm ¶