Ye Banished Privateers Yellow Jack
Now listen me mateys i'll tip ye some staves some songs 'bout me mis'ry fer ye I was bound fer Bermuda with a shipment of slaves t'was nothing special to me
But when we were loadin' we found the ships cat Wet and stiff and dead. One of the mateys spit in his hat and cried - Hoist the Yellow Jack!
In the part of Dublin our swab boy turned ill t' was nothing that bothered the crew Ay e' was a lubber, let me tell ye, I will He cried - Hoist the Yellow Jack!
Two days later we shovelled 'es corpse Down in the ocean so vast But a few moments later the lookout turned green And we hoist the Yellow Jack!
Hoist the Yellow Jack. Hoy hoy hoist the Yellow Jack.
On the coast of Tortuga we encountered a sight That freezes men's blood in their veins There on the horizon was ye pirates black rag An' we braced fer a bloody end
But there be on thing even fearless men fears To the devil with blisters descend So then our clever first mate howled and cried - he cried- Hoist the Yellow Jack!
Hoist the Yellow Jack Hoy hoy hoist the Yellow Jack.
And after some racket and a stray cannon blast The corsairs turned their tail And we cheered - afore and beyond the mat Around our Yellow Jack! Hoy hoy...
Hoist the Yellow Jack, Hoy hoy hoist the Yellow Jack
On the sixth day me Cap'n hit the deck With a clatter and a moan And the moment before he left this world He cried hoist the Yellow Jack! Hoy hoy
Hoist the Yellow Jack, Hoy hoy hoist the Yellow Jack
A few days later we were driftin' off course Lost in Caribbean night The only noise was a mumbling of men Mumbling hoist the Yellow Jack! Hoy hoy
Hoist the Yellow Jack, Hoy hoy hoist the Yellow Jack
Now I am alone on this barren ghost ship An' the blisters is clouding me will Me legs are stiff and me throat is dry, So i'll drink from this bottle me fill Then i'll hoist the Yellow Jack! Hoy hoy
Hoist the Yellow Jack, Hoy hoy hoist the Yellow Jack.
