By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2010 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album “Give Me an RRR!”

Give me an RRR! Give me a second RRR!

Give me a third non-traditional, unconditional,

Unmitigated, unregulated, tax-free RRR!

RRR you ready?!

What’s a Pirate’s favorite letter in the alphabet? RRR!

What does a Pirate say instead of a compliment? RRR!

How does a Pirate greet the Captain or First Mate? RRR!

What do Pirates say when they’re running late? RRR!

Give me an RRR! Gotta give me an RRR!

These are words that end with the RRR sound…

Pirates navigate by the North… StaRRR!

Pirates drink their grog from an old fruit… jaRRR!

Pirates in a fight often get a… scaRRR

Pirates like their feathers mixed with… taRRR!

Give me an RRR! Gotta give me an RRR!

These are words that start with the RRR sound and are part of a rhyme…

What’s a Pirate’s favorite vegetable joke?

Why me blokes it must be RRR-ti-choke (artichoke)

Where is all the Pirate pinball played?

Why me Mates it’s in a Pirate RRR-cade (arcade)

Where are all the Pirate Ballerinas?

Why me Hearties they’re in RRR-gen-tina (Argentina)

Where do all the Pirates like to scuba?

Why me Land Lubbers its’ down in RRR-ruba (Aruba)

Give me an RRR! Gotta give me an RRR!

MaRRRvelous!

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2020 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Captains and Sea Monsters

1 for the Captain, 1 for the Crew, 1-2-3-4

What’s hap’nin’ Happy Captain

What’s hap’nin’, what’s hap’nin’

What’s hap’nin’ Happy Captain

Happy, Happy Captain

CHORUS: I’m a Happy Captain, I know you know I am

I’m a Happy Captain, as happy as a clam

VERSE: The sea is blue, the sky is too

There’s not a cloud in view

And all y’ mates are really great

And yer a Happy Crew and…

CHORUS

VERSE

CHORUS

1 for the Captain, 1 for the Crew

1-2-3 for me and you

1 for the red and 1 for the blue

1-2-3 for me and you

1 for the classic, 1 for the new

1-2-3 for me and you

And 1 for the Captain, 1 for the Crew

1-2-3 for me and you

CHORUS

What’s hap’nin’ Happy Captain

Happy, Happy… I’m a Happy Captain

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2016 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album The Flying Pirate Circus

Hook me up – Pirate Pound and Parrot Wings

Hook me up – a Jelly Five is a jolly thing

Hook me up – Ship Shake Shimmy and a Ship Shake Swing

Look down low, give me some soul

Shake your booty, Tutti Frutti, here we go!

Hook me up – Pirate Pound and Parrot Wings

Hook me up – a Jelly Five is a jolly thing

Hook me up – Ship Shake Shimmy and a Ship Shake Swing

Look down low, give me some soul

Shake your booty, Tutti Frutti, here we go!

In a book I like to look up

A space to move my rook up

And a chef who likes to cook up…

Lots of FUN – for EVERYONE!

Hook me up – Pirate Pound and Parrot Wings

Hook me up – a Jelly Five is a jolly thing

Hook me up – Ship Shake Shimmy and a Ship Shake Swing

Look down low, give me some soul

Shake your booty, Tutti Frutti, here we go!

Hook me up – No Strings Dan

Hook me up – a boy named Sam

Hook me up – my friend Pam

Hook me up – thank you mam

Hook, hook, hook, hook, HOOK… ME UP!

Trad. Music. Lyrics by Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2010 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album “Give Me an RRR!”

CHORUS: What shall we do with a Hungry Pirate

What shall we do with a Hungry Pirate

What shall we do with a Hungry Pirate

Err-lie (early) in the morning

Bring ‘im a bowl of Octopus Oatmeal

Bring ‘im a bowl of Octopus Oatmeal

Bring ‘im a bowl of Octopus Oatmeal

Err-lie (early) in the morning

Pile ‘is plate with Plankton Pancakes

Pile ‘is plate with Plankton Pancakes

Pile ‘is plate with Plankton Pancakes

Err-lie (early) in the morning

CHORUS

Serve ‘im a Stinky Shark Fin Sandwich

Serve ‘im a Stinky Shark Fin Sandwich

Serve ‘im a Stinky Shark Fin Sandwich

Err-lie (early) in the morning

Bake ‘im a Batch of Barnacle Biscuits

Bake ‘im a Batch of Barnacle Biscuits

Bake ‘im a Batch of Barnacle Biscuits

Err-lie (early) in the morning

CHORUS

Scoop ‘im a Scabbard of Swordfish Stew

Scoop ‘im a Scabbard of Swordfish Stew

Scoop ‘im a Scabbard of Swordfish Stew

Err-lie (early) in the morning

Pour ‘im a Pail of Whale Tail Gravy

Pour ‘im a Pail of Whale Tail Gravy

Pour ‘im a Pail of Whale Tail Gravy

Err-lie (early) in the morning

CHORUS

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2021 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Captains and Sea Monsters

It’s R to O and then to the C, to the K-I-N, apostrophe

All hands on deck!”

I land on an Island in the Caribbean Blue

I land on an Island and I’ve got me eye on you

Yo-ho-ho, yo-ho-ho, yo-ho-ho

You can on the Yucatan on the Coast of the Spanish Main

You can on the Yucatan – get a tan in the Spanish Rain

I’m a Buccaneer, you’re a Privateer, I’m a Buccaneer, you’re a Privateer

I’m a Buccaneer, you’re a Privateer, scored a sword on board for a souvenir

Vibin’, we’re vibin’

I land on an Island in the Caribbean Blue

I land on an Island and I’ve got me eye on you

P-I-R-A-T-E, oo-wee

Take ya to Jamaica by the bay where Trade Winds blow

Take ya to Jamaica , stay a day and lay real low, LOW, LOW, LOW, LOW

I’m a Buccaneer, you’re a Privateer, I’m a Buccaneer, you’re a Privateer

I’m a Buccaneer, you’re a Privateer, scored a sword on board for a souvenir

I land on an Island in the Caribbean Blue

I land on an Island and I’ve got me eye on you

1-2-3, O-M-G, V-I-P

I’m a Buccaneer, you’re a Privateer, I’m a Buccaneer, you’re a Privateer

I’m a Buccaneer… “I can be a Captain too!”

I land on an Island

Beep-beep-beep, boom-boom-boom

I land on an Island

A poop, a poop, a poop… BOO!

I land on an Island and I’ve got me eye on YOU!

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2016 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album The Flying Pirate Circus

Dedicated to April Tuck

CHORUS: I lub me Land Lubber – she is so lub-ly

She won’t deny it – I’m her Pirate

Me Land Lubber lubs me

VERSE 1: She lubs the land, she lubs the shrubs

And every single tree

She lubs the sticks, three, four, five, six

And the Seven Seas

CHORUS

VERSE 2: She lubs the birds, she lubs the bugs

And a belfry full of bats

Herds of animals, reptiles, mammals

Scurvy Dogs and Cats

CHORUS

VERSE 3: She lubs the sky, she lubs the sun

The moon in all its phases

She lubs the stars near and far

And she sings their praises

Twinkling little stars like the notes on the guitars

CHORUS

VERSE 1

CHORUS

Very First and Only Matey: “Lub you Friendly Pirate”

RRtFP: “Lub you too, Buccaneer Boo”

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2010 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album “Give Me an RRR!”

CHORUS: I’m the Friendly Pirate – a patch above me eye

I’m the Friendly Pirate – an all around nice guy

Me Jolly Roger’s jolly, me parrot, she is Polly

I’ll dance a jig of joy when you wave ahoy

CHORUS

Alright me hearties, repeat after me:

Yo ho ho, ay hay hay, ah ha ha, ee hee hee

Walla Walla bing bang, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Onomatopoeia, sure glad to see ya

A-wop-bop-a-lu-bop, a-wop-bam-boom

A-yabba-dabba-do and Scooby Doo, ii-yii-yii-yii-yii 

CHORUS

And for your very pleasure – a chest full of treasure

I’ll give you gold doubloons and shiny silver spoons

CHORUS

Once again me buckos, repeat after me:

Piggly Wiggly, googly moogly

Gitchee Gitchee Goomee, Mogul Mouse knew me

Gabba gabba hey, good golly Miss Molly

Goo-goo g’joob, I am the Walrus, wait a minute, I’m not the Walrus…

CHORUS

We’ll swim and swashbuckle, we’ll joke around and chuckle

I’ll make you walk the plank but only as a prank

Do you know why?

CHORUS

That’s right!

Trad. Music. Parody Lyrics by Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

Itsy Bitsy Pirate

Got on the Pirate Ship – HEY!

Stepped on a banana

Then the Pirate slipped – OH!

Out came the crew

And helped the Pirate up – HEY!

I don’t know the rest

‘cause I just made it up – OH!

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2021 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Captains and Sea Monsters

CHORUS: Jiggin’ in the riggin’, dancin’ on the deck

Yankin’ on the anchor, Baby, check Baby, check

VERSE 1: Gotta go with the flow when you go with the show

Rig-a, jig-a, jig-a HEY, rig-a, jig-a, jig-a HO

When you roll with the sea and you rock with your roll

Rig-a, jig-a, jig-a HEY, rig-a, jig-a, jig-a HO

With the sole of your shoe and your heart and soul

Rig-a, jig-a, jig-a HEY, rig-a, jig-a, jig-a HO

CHORUS

VERSE 2: Twirl with Twiggy  and bounce with Biggie

Jiggy, jiggy, riggy, jiggy, jiggy, riggy

Pop with Iggy and Stardust Ziggy

Jiggy, jiggy, riggy, jiggy, jiggy, riggy

Wig with Wiggy and Finnegan Figgy

Jiggy, jiggy, riggy, jiggy, jiggy, riggy

Jiggy, jiggy, riggy, jiggy, jiggy, riggy

CHORUS

VERSE 1

CHORUS

“Ahoy Czech People”

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

Here’s a little ditty wrote…

VERSE 1: This is a Little Ditty, a teenie, tiny song

A really silly chantey, won’t you sing along?

All ya hearty Pirates – Tortuga to Hong Kong

Me crazy, lazy Mateys, won’t you sing along?

CHORUS: Itty bitty Little Ditty, Pirate Ditty doo (ditto)

Itty bitty Little Ditty, P. Ditty too (ooh!)

Microscopic music, sub-atomic songs

Me Scientific Sailors, won’t you sing along?

CHORUS

VERSE 1

Little did he know… little seeds need to grow

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

It’s a Magical Mermaid Parade

A Magical Mermaid Parade

They splash and they play, afloat on the spray

A sun-shiny day, it has been displayed

A Magical Mermaid Parade

Oh, they glide and they slide

They ride on a tide

Inside of a fantasy (Sea of Fantasy)

In a Magical Mermaid Parade

A Magical Mermaid Parade

They swim and they sway upon Moonlight Bay

A starfish bouquet, it has been arrayed

A Magical Mermaid Parade

Then ships with sails seek holy grails

They make for far off fairy tales

They look for love that never fails

Mariam, Megan, Melinda, Monique

Martha, Marcella Mabel, Marie

And musn’t forget Ethel Mermaid

A Magical Mermaid Parade

A Magical Mermaid Parade

Half-human, half-fish, they might grant your wish

Half-human, half-fish, they might grant your wish

A Magical Mermaid Parade

A Magical Mermaid Parade

A Magical Mermaid Parade

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2019 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Talk Like a Pirate

When you raise your hand “Hello” – you are making waves

With curtains rising on your show – you are making waves

When you’re splashing in the pool – you are making waves

And you’re acting really cool – you are making waves

Like the morning ocean waking – you are making waves

When your song sails ‘round the world – you are making waves

And your flag onstage unfurls – you are making waves

When your ship it carves the sea – you are making waves

In a scene that sets you free – you are making waves

Like the morning ocean waking – you are making waves

Waves are breaking – it’s breathtaking – you are making waves

When you bid them all “Good Night” – you are making waves

When your script reads “exit right” – you are making waves

Like the morning ocean waking – you are making… no mistaking… there’s no faking

You… are… making… waves

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

Me Aunties sang chanteys and sea-farin’ songs

Me Aunties sang chanteys all the day long

From north of Cape Cod to the southernmost shore

Me Aunties sang chanteys of yore

Me Aunties sang chanteys of Pirates and Queens

Me Aunties sang chanteys of treasure and dreams

From the top of the mast to the tip of a sword

Me Aunties sang chanteys of lore

Me Aunties sang chanteys of creatures and things

Me Aunties sang chanteys of fish who had wings

An old Scurvy Dog once rode a seahorse

Me Aunties sang chanteys of course

Me Aunties sang chanteys of Mermaids and shells

Me Aunties sang chanteys and songs of themselves

There was Dot, Susan, Jade, and sweet Isadore

Me Aunties sang chanteys all four

Me Aunties sang chanteys and songs of the Deep

Me Aunties sang chanteys and rocked me to sleep

They stayed by my side till I started to snore

Then Me Aunties sang chanteys no more

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

My sister is precious, a wonderful girl

My sister’s a gem, so she was named Pearl

And my sister’s mother, she knows what to do

And Mother of Pearl is my mother too

She unlocks the music with accordion keys

She pines for pineapples and tangerines

Her favorite colors are yellow and blue

And Mother of Pearl is my mother too

CHORUS: Her name is Penelope

She helped develop me

Her love will always envelop me

My mother’s a sister, her sister is Jade

They’re fun in the sun and made in the shade

And my mother’s mother is really quite grand

She is Persephone, toes in the sand

Oh my mother’s children, daughter and son

Love when she plays her accordion

She has a firm handle and a soft shoe

And Mother of Pearl is my mother too

CHORUS

My mother means more than silver and gold

She’s just too beautiful to behold

She’s a defender who’s tender and true

And Mother of Pearl is my mother too

Mother of Pearl (aka Penelope the Fruity Pirate)

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2016 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album The Flying Pirate Circus

Mud Puddle, Mud Puddle, Mud Puddle, MUD

CHORUS: Mud Puddle Pirates – Mud Puddle Sea

Mud Puddle Pirates – oo-la-wee

Mud Puddle Pirates – meant to be

Mud Puddle Pirates – you and me

VERSE 1: Such a soggy, dirty doggie

Buddy, you’re muddy like me

Get in a huddle beside a puddle

Up the middle with a fiddle-ee-dee

CHORUS

VERSE 2: Rubbin’ rain and dirt on your grubby shirt

A truly unruly uniform

Hey there Clancy, don’t get fancy

Dance in your pants that’re torn

CHORUS

A stick is a ship, a leaf is a sail

A pebble is a shark and a rock is a whale

And twigs are Pirates in this twisted tale

Muddy Waters, Rolling Stones… “love that Dirty Water”

VERSE 1

CHORUS

Mud Puddle, Mud Puddle, Mud Puddle, MUD

Puddle MUD

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2019 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Talk Like a Pirate

CHORUS: The Nine Lives of Lucky – Lucky the Buccaneer Cat

The Nine Lives of Lucky – Lucky the Buccaneer Cat

The first life is for laughing and having lots of fun

The second is for learning about the moon and sun

The third life is for searching for your own reasons

The fourth is for exploring the glory of the seasons

CHORUS

The fifth life is for finding all five of your senses

The sixth is selecting past and present tenses

The seventh is for sharing with everyone around

The eighth is for enjoying the octaves making sound

CHORUS

The ninth life is for seeing and being who you are

9 times 2 is 18 – 18 mates of mine – and 1 plus 8 is nine

9 times 3 is 27 – serpents intertwined – 2 plus 7 is nine

9 times 4 is 36 – sailing ships in line – and 3 plus 6 is nine

9 times 5 is 45 – pirate flags a-flyin’ – and 4 plus 5 is nine

This game can go on and on, for a long, long time, with the number that is 9

Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7, 8, 9!

CHORUS

And what do you think about that?

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

A Whale sings and croons

In tune with a Fiddler Crab

The Ocean moans

Chewing stones into sand

Seagulls dine

At the Fine Seafood Restaurant

The Ocean moans

Chewing stones into sand

Swordfish fight

They are Knights of Poseidon

The Ocean moans

Chewing stones into sand

Seashell Carriage

For the Marriage of Starfish

The Ocean moans

Chewing stones into sand

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter, additional lyrics by April Tuck © 2016 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album The Flying Pirate Circus

CHORUS: Oona, Oona, Oona, Oona, Oona Uni-hook

A pirate unicorn from a storybook

With a hook on her head and love in her look

Oona, Oona, Oona Uni-hook

Classmates, cousins, sisters, brothers

She’s not like all the others

She has such a unique feature

But the call her “freak of nature”

“Not nice”

CHORUS

Horses, zebras, donkeys, ponies

Make her feel so very lonely

She’s a horse of a different color

But they call her “dull and duller”

But she won’t let them roona (ruin ‘er)

She’d rather sail much soona (sooner)

On her pirate schoona (schooner)

To Algiers or to Altoona

“Oona, Oona, Oona, I fart glitter”

Parents, friends, coaches, teachers

Cheer for her from the bleachers

She is true and she is truthful

And they call her “BEAUTIFUL”

CHORUS

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2010 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album “Give Me an RRR!”

CHORUS: Pearl the Purple Pirate Princess

(I’m) She’s as happy as can be

Pearl the Purple Pirate Princess

Won’t you sail the seas with me

Her favorite color was red, or was it blue?

I guess she couldn’t choose

So, she mixed them up together

And got a purple hue

CHORUS

When she was a little girl

She wore her mother’s pearls

Now she wears those purple pearls

Around her neck around the world

CHORUS

On the beach she found a shell

With a tale or two to tell

If you listen carefully

You’ll hear the ocean rise and swell

CHORUS

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2019 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Talk Like a Pirate

INTRO: Blue-green scales and a floppy tail

Head like a coconut, body like a whale

The ocean called, so Peggy set sail

FIRST VERSE: Three Legged Pirate Dinosaur

Almost tipped the ship when she stepped on board (Peggy)

Poundin’ around like a hammer of Thor’s

Peg-leg-osaurus

Three Legged Pirate Dinosaur

From Labrador to Ecuadoran Shores (Peggy)

From A to Z like the Azores

Peg-leg-osaurus

BRIDGE: With Tyrannosaurus RRR swabbin’ the decks

Pterodac-Trill in the Crow’s Nest

Bronto-Snorts – neck in neck

To see who can see the sea the best

Three Legged Pirate Dinosaur

Roars like a swarm in a thunderstorm (Peggy)

Loud as a crowd – a Heavy Metal Chorus

Peg-leg-osaurus

BRIDGE

INTRO

FIRST VERSE

Three Legged Pirate Dinosaur

Three Legged Pirate Dinosaur (Peggy)

Three Legged Pirate Dinosaur

Peg-leg-osaurus

Peggy the Peg-leg-osaurus (Peggy) – hand ‘er a handy Thesaurus (what?)

Trad. Music. Parody Lyrics by Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2019 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Talk Like A Pirate

This song is dedicated to the crew of Treasures Child Care

A, B, C… hmm

A, B, C… hold on, I can’t get past the C (the sea… the sea… the sea…)

Andre, let’s try the Pirate Alphabet

Andre “OK”.

R, R, R, R, R, R, R

R, R, R, R, R, R, R

R, R, R,

R, R, R,

R, R, R, R, R, R, R

That’s the Pirate Alphabet

I think that’s a song I better forget

What song? What am I supposed to forget?

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

CHORUS: A Pirate Birthday PaRRRty

Yo-ho-ho it’s true

A Jolly Roger Birthday

Dear Pirate (insert name) to you

Today you are the Captain

And we will be your crew

We’ll all stand at attention

When you come walking through – attention Captain’s on deck!

CHORUS

We’ll serve you cake with candles

You’ll blow each candle out

And everyone on board this ship

Will give a hearty shout – yo ho, hooray, hurrah, woo hoo!

CHORUS

We’ll fill your chest with treasure

With Birthday Cards and mail

We’ll fill this ship with laughter

Before we all set sail – ha, ha ha, ho, ho, ho…

CHORUS

A Pirate Birthday PaRRRty!

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2019 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Talk Like a Pirate

You were born in 1530, or sometime thereabouts

Somewhere on Clare Island, the world first heard your shouts

You protected sheep and cattle from a hundred hungry eagles

Even as a young girl, you acted very regal

CHORUS: Pirate Queen (Pirate Queen) and Sea Raider (Sea Raider)

From a wild Irish place

The Dark Lady (The Dark Lady) of Duna (of Duna)

Called Bald Headed Grace

You sailed with Da from Clew Bay, he was Black Oak O’Malley

You captured ships near shores, those ocean going galleys

You held onto Hen’s Castle with an iron fisted grip

You birthed a babe at sea named Toby of the Ships

CHORUS

Algerian Corsairs – you fought bravely, men did see

And against that man named Bingham, your English enemy

You met once with her Highness, your hatches they were battened

You spoke a common tongue, which happened to be Latin

CHORUS

Oh, what is myth and what is missed when all the tales they are tallied

The history and mystery of Pirate Grace O’Malley

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2019 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Talk Like a Pirate

CHORUS: Pirate Party Pooper

Pirate Party Pooper

Pirate Party Pooper

You say you are bored

With the ship and crew

With everything on board

You don’t know what to do (who knew?)

Flip yer frown upside down

Set a better course

Turn your ship around

Climb back on that horse (seahorse!)

BRIDGE: You were super duper

And really quite a trooper

But now you’re just a Pirate…

A Pirate Party Pooper

CHORUS

Let me help you out

I’ll throw you a line

That’s what life’s about

And you’re a mate o’ mine (Matey!)

BRIDGE

BRIDGE

CHORUS

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2010 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album “Give Me an RRR!”

CHORUS: Oh, Pirates and Privateers and scurvy Buccaneers

If you want to know their names, lend me your ears

Blackbeard was a Pirate filled with dark desire

He mixed his grog with gunpowder and lit his beard on… FIRE!

CHORUS

Sir Francis Drake was a Privateer, to Spain and in between

He had a Letter of the Marque from his English… QUEEN!

CHORUS

Captain Henry Morgan was a Buccaneer and then some

Once famous for his brutal raids, but now known for his… RUM!

CHORUS

Anne Bonny was a Pirate Woman as brave as anyone

So swift with a sword and handy with a gun

She said to Jack Rackham with words meant to flog

“If you’d fought like a man, you’d not be treated like a… DOG!”

CHORUS

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2021 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Captains and Sea Monsters

We fly the Jolly Rocket

CHORUS: We’re Pirates in Outer Space

Out to save the Human Race

Totally on the case

We’re Pirates in Outer Space

VERSE 1: Our sailing ships are rocket ships

We like to visit Mars

Our Seven Seas are galaxies

We sail around the stars

CHORUS

VERSE 2: Our laser cannons are guarding earth

From any nasty droids

Our telescopes are keeping watch

On many asteroids

CHORUS

We fly the Jolly Rocket

VERSE 1

CHORUS

We fly the Jolly Rocket

Got Moon Rocks in the pocket

Approaching Space Base 1

I think it’s time to dock it

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

CHORUS: YANG-O, HASH-O, HASH-O, the Mayo Pirate motto

YANG-O, HASH-O, HASH-O, sung with some vibrato

But they’re not talking trash YO, just YANG-O, HASH-O, HASH-O

Aye, they’re Irish Pirates much like Grace O’Malley

Except that they are friendly and they dilly-dally

They like to eat, they love to drink, and sleep the day away-o

They’re on their SUS-HASH-I-PUP, Pirates of the Mayo

CHORUS

It’s MUM-A-TUT-E-YANG, you’re in this gangplank gang

With BUB-O-O-TUT-YANG, bingo, bongo, bang

They rhyme like ancient mariners, they yell and sing and say-o

Oh, we are MUM-A-YANG-O, Pirates of the Mayo

CHORUS

They have a secret code, a language all their own

‘H’ is HASH and ‘Y’ is YANG, and vowels are left alone

Consonants are doubled but with a ‘U’ between

It’s really not much trouble, if you know what I mean

They sail the SUS-E-A, their ship will rock and sway-o

So merrily they row, Pirates of the Mayo

CHORUS

But don’t ever call them sandwich spread

Or Matey YANG-O-U might end up… on the bread… ha ha

YANG-O, HASH-O, HASH-O!

Trad. Music. Lyrics by Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2016 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album The Flying Pirate Circus

I will now share a chantey of Pirates at sea

With a hey-ho Pirates we be

Captain O’Malley, the Matey, and me

With you and the crew – Pirates we be

Pirates, Pirates we be

We climb in the rigging, we jump in the sea

With a hey-ho Pirates we be

Haul up the anchor, we’re finally free

For fun and for sun – Pirates we be

Pirates, Pirates we be

We play on an island beneath a palm tree

With a hey-ho Pirates we be

We build a sand castle then take time for tea

Raise up you cup – Pirates we be

Pirates, Pirates we be

We search for the treasure, we look for the key

With a hey-ho Pirates we be

X marks the spot most excellently

Won’t hurt to dig dirt – Pirates we be

Pirates, Pirates we be

With eyes to the spyglass and what do we see

With a hey-ho Pirates we be

Ships off the starboard one, two, and three

By golly they’re jolly – Pirates we be

Pirates, Pirates we be

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2010 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album “Give Me an RRR!”

If you’re spreading Pirate cheer and grinning from ear to ear

You’ve got Pira-TUDE!

If smiling day and night with a sailor’s delight

You’ve got Pira-TUDE!

Pira-TUDE! Ha ha!

If you’re rowing merrily and feeling very care free

You’ve got Pira-TUDE!

If you’re happy-go-lucky and all your rows are so ducky

You’ve got Pira-TUDE!

Pira-TUDE! Ha ha!

If you’re flying Roger Jolly and you’re preening just like Polly

You’ve got Pira-TUDE!

If you’re sending friendly signals and leaving room to wiggle

You’ve got Pira-TUDE!

RRR! me mateys, RRR me hearties, damsels and dudes

RRR ye in possession of Pira-TUDE?

Pira-TUDE! Ha ha!

If you feel like LOL and your ocean’s really swell

You’ve got Pira-TUDE!

Pira-TUDE! Ha ha!

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2013 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Pirate PaRRRty!

She repeats after me (“she repeats after me”)

My bird’s first name is Polly, a common parrot name

Her middle name is Esther, for that she can’t be blamed

Her last name it is Pants, a thread runs through this game

CHORUS: She’s Polly Esther Pants – that parrot likes to dance

She talks and squawks and then duck-walks, if given half a chance

She’s Polly Esther, Polly Esther Pants

I took my bird to dinner, she said put it on my bill

We climbed up in the crow’s nest, it gave her such a thrill

She says she wants to party like the birds in Brazil

CHORUS

Oh, by gosh, by golly, oh me, oh my, oh no

It’s Polly Wolly Doodle in a Jolly Roger show (“jolly good show”)

She’s Polly Esther Pants, Polly Esther, Polly Esther Pants

They’re birds of a feather, Polly and her friends

They’re preening on the scene those fashionista hens

On some days she wears diapers but I guess it just depends

CHORUS

She’s bird you can’t sequester

She is in her last semester

Polly Esther, Polly Esther Pants

“… thought I was a duck… walked around saying ‘Polly wanna quacker’”

By Ronald Roy Carter aka RRR Carter © 2021 Ronald Roy Carter, RRR Carter, RRR Sea Music 

From the album Captains and Sea Monsters

CHORUS: Poop Deck Dance – dance – dance

Poop Deck Dance – dance – dance

Poop Deck Dance – dance – dance

You jump, you stoop, you go into a trance

A Poop, a Poop, a Poop Deck Dance

VERSE: Round up your Pirate Group

Like chickens in a coop

Then throw them for a loop

Like dunkin’ in a hoop

CHORUS

BRIDGE: The Poop Deck was the highest deck

On sailing ships of old

Near the back, Captain Jack

As sailors’ tales are told

”Beethoven’s Movement”

VERSE

CHORUS