[PIRATE KING]
Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly,
Than play a sanctimonius part,
With a pirate head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating world go you,
Where pirates all are well to do,
But I'll be true to the song I sing,
And live and die a Pirate King.
For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.
For I am a Pirate King!
[PIRATE CHORUS]
You are! Hurrah for the Pirate King!
[PIRATE KING]
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!
[PIRATE CHORUS]
It is! Hurrah for our Pirate King
[KING AND CHORUS]
Hurrah for the Pirate King!
[PIRATE KING]
When I sally forth to seek my prey
I help myself in a royal way;
I sink a few more ships, it's true,
Than a well-bred monarch ought to do!
But many a king on a first-cla** throne,
If he wants to call his crown his own,
Must manage somehow to get through
More dirty work than ever I do.
For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.
For I am a Pirate King!
[PIRATE CHORUS]
You are! Hurrah for the Pirate King!
[PIRATE KING]
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!
[PIRATE CHORUS]
It is! Hurrah for our Pirate King
[KING AND CHORUS]
Hurrah for the Pirate King!