Educational Moments - Rockin' Ron

1717 (Black Sam Bellamy) – a story ripped from the pages of history
Anne Bonny – famous Pirate Woman who sailed with Calico Jack and Mary Read.
Black Snake Tale – Pirates/Smugglers on Lake Champlain in the early 1800s
Blackbeard’s Blues – not a lot is known about Blackbeard (there is even disagreement on whether his last name was Teach or Thatch) so this song is historical fiction. Blackbeard’s Blues (beachside) is a silly take on the same song.
Feats of Jean Lafitte – story of a Pirate/Smuggler/Slaver who fought alongside Andrew Jackson in The Battle of New Orleans, delivered with a little silliness.
Pirate Grace O’Malley – History and Mystery are mixed together in this song of a powerful Irish woman in the 1500’s.
Pirates and Privateers – brief portraits of Blackbeard, Sir Francis Drake, Captain Henry Morgan, and Anne Bonny
Rock the Plank – contains the line “by the Outer Banks where Blackbeard sank” referring to the place in North Carolina where Blackbeard made his last stand, references longitude and latitude, and directions on a ship (stem to stern)
She Can Be a Captain Too – references 4 historical Pirate women: Alvida, Grace O’Malley, Anne Bonny, and Madame Cheng

Eight Pieces of Eight – references to eight and eight said in other languages, with math added in, plus a little history
FP Rap (F-R-I-E-N-D-L-Y) – spelling of Friendly, with boatloads of cultural and nautical references
Gator’s Gotta Go – various ways to say goodbye with different phrases and in different languages
Give Me an RRR! – words with the R sound
I’m the Friendly Pirate – repeat-after-me words including onomatopoeia
Little Ditty – different words for small
Pearl the Purple Pirate Princess – alliteration and colors
Pirate Alphabet – it starts off as the ABC’s but leads to (or too) many R’s
Pirates of the Mayo – a made-up language explained in the bridge of the song, it also name-checks the famous Irish Pirate Grace O’Malley and the book Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Polly Ester Pants – humor appreciated by grandchildren and by grandparents
Poop Deck Dance – ship architecture, and allusion to Beethoven (low humor meets high humor)
Scarlett Maroon – a sensitive young woman is “marooned” in her emotional world, with various references to the color red
Talk Like a Pirate – specific words and phrases, and general instructions about how to babble like a Buccaneer
With the ABC’s – the edited version of the alphabet
Without the R – what happens to certain words when they lose the letter R
The Word Pirate – spells out four 6 letter words
Your Friends – use of your/you’re/yore

The Flying Pirate Circus – it’s a circus on a Pirate Ship, after all (see the book of the same name)
Mud Puddle Pirates – encourages outdoor play and gives examples of imagination with “a stick is a ship, a leaf is a sail” etc.
Scottish Lochs and Florida Keys – “misty days and crystal seas, let me see what I can be”, “highlands, lowlands, in between, show me each and every scene”
She Can Be a Captain Too – a song of encouragement and inclusion

Buccaneer Bells – non-religious holiday song
Dad’s Alright, He’s a Pirate – Father’s Day
Dark and Stormy Night – a ghost story for the campfire
Mother of Pearl – Mothers Day
Pirate Birthday PaRRRty! – Birthday Party song
Talk Like a Pirate – specific words and phrases, and general instructions about how to babble like a Buccaneer on September 19th aka International Talk Like a Pirate Day
We RRR the Pirate People – party song

Captains’ Shanty – a male and female duet of Captains
Five Little Pirates – take-off on This Little Piggy focusing on the number 5
Friend Ship – describes friendship
I Lub Me Land Lubber – an environmentally aware love song
I’m the Friendly Pirate – being friendly
Nine Lives of Lucky – imparts nine attitudes, and has fun with 9 and it’s multiples
Oona Uni-hook – a Pirate Unicorn who realizes it’s ok to be different and has support from Parents, Friends, Coaches, and Teachers
Safe Harbor – gives a sense of safety
Scurvy Dog and Scaredy Cat – friends onboard a ship
Seven C’s – Courtesy, Compassion, Courage, Cleanliness, Cleverness, Cheerfullness, and Charity
There Are Tall Ships – accept differences, realize friendships
Welcome Aboard – greeting that lets everyone know that they are welcome onboard

Anne Bonny – raise your hands when you hear a word that begins with the letter B and put them down when you’re the next word that begins with B, and repeat as necessary
Bow to the Bow – the directions on a ship set up as a Line Dance
Buccaneer Bounce – act out the various motions
FP Dance – act out the various motions
Hook Me Up – featuring various handshakes and few other movements
Oona Uni-hook – act out lines from the chorus
Polly Ester Pants – make parrot wings whenever you hear the name Polly
Seven C’s – Courtesy, Compassion, Courage, Cleanliness, Cleverness, Cheerfulness, and Charity with motions
Shark in the Dark – put a shark fin on your head when you hear the word Shark
Tyrannosaurus RRR – when you hear teh word Tyrannosaurus, raise tiny dinosaur hands and say RRR!

Bones of Jonesy Davy – a skeleton warns of the dangers at sea
Flotsam and Jetsam – a ships’ wreckage are given human traits
Magical Mermaid Parade – mermaids are one thing, a parade of them is another
The Ocean Moans – “song of the whale and a crab with a fiddle”
Oona Uni-hook – a variation of a mythical creature with classmates and teachers
Peggy the Peg-leg-osaurus – a pirate dinosaur
Polly Esther Pants – a bird in pants? A bird in diapers (I guess it just depends)?
Scurvy Dog and Scaredy Cat – “Scurvy wore Miranda’s bananas, Scaredy wore the cat’s pajamas”
Seymour Shark – he won’t hurt you but he likes to scare you, and he jams out to Shark in the Dark and Baby Shark
Shark in the Dark – a shark that goes “BOO!”
Tyrannosaurus RRR – a pirate dinosaur