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  • 1 year ago
a new rendition to a very old song
Lyrics:
Some fight for riches
Some fight for fame
The first I despise
The last is a name
Fight for vengeance
I love to see flow
At the stroke of my sabre
The life of my foe

To the mast nail our flag
Dark as the Grave
Death it bears
Sweeps over the wave
Deck cleared for action
Guns be prepared
The boarding-axe sharpened the Devil's sword bared
Set the canisters ready
Bring to me
For the last of my duties the powder Room key

Strike for the memory
Long vanished years
I only shed blood
Another sheds tears
Come as the lightning
Come red from above
Over the race that I loathe
The battle I love

To the mast nail our flag
Dark as the Grave
Death it bears
Sweeps over the wave
Deck cleared for action
Guns be prepared
The boarding-axe sharpened the Devil's sword bared
Set the canisters ready
Bring to me
For the last of my duties the powder Room key
Transcript
00:00Some of them laugh, nail a flag, dark as the grave
00:05Death it bears, sweeps over the wave
00:08Declared for action, done to be prepared
00:11The boarding axe sharpened, the devil's sword bared
00:14Set the canisters ready, bring to me
00:17For the last of my duties, the powder room key
00:30It shall never be lowered, the black flag we bear
00:37The sea denied us, we sweep through the air
00:41Unshared last victories pray
00:44It is mine to divide, it yours to obey
00:47There are shoals that might suit a sultana's wet neck
00:50And pearls that are fair as the arms they will deck
00:54Thus we conceal them, the air will disclose
00:57Diamantes, fair summers, the whole of the rose
01:01Claim not abortion, my asthma is mine
01:04Drink to our victory, the devil's wine
01:14To the mass, nail a flag, dark as the grave
01:17Death it bears, sweeps over the wave
01:20Declared for action, done to be prepared
01:24The boarding axe sharpened, the devil's sword bared
01:27Set the canisters ready, bring to me
01:30For the last of my duties, the powder room key
01:41Some fight for riches, some fight for fame
01:44The first I despise, the last is a name
01:47Fight for vengeance, I love to see flow
01:50At the stroke of my saber, the life of my foe
01:53To the mass, nail a flag, dark as the grave
01:56Death it bears, sweeps over the wave
02:00Declared for action, done to be prepared
02:03The boarding axe sharpened, the devil's sword bared
02:06Set the canisters ready, bring to me
02:09For the last of my duties, the powder room key
02:24Strike for the memory, long vanished years
02:28I only shed blood, another sheds tears
02:32Come as the lightning, come red from above
02:35Over the race that I loathe, the battle I love
02:38To the mass, nail a flag, dark as the grave
02:42Death it bears, sweeps over the wave
02:45Declared for action, done to be prepared
02:48The boarding axe sharpened, the devil's sword bared
02:51Set the canisters ready, bring to me
02:54For the last of my duties, the powder room key
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