This is a song inspired from a tune called "The Pirate Song." It can be found at the following site, so you can listen to it in the background while you read this.

http://www.contemplator.com/sea/pirate.html


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My home is the sea, the shores far and near,
They call me a pirate; a true buccaneer.
The wind's in our sails, and the anchor's aweigh
At the top of the main mast, our black flag displayed.


So wake, Navy wake, I am waiting for thee,
Oh, this night or never, shipwrecked thou shalt be,
So wake, Navy wake, I am waiting for thee,
Oh, this night or never, shipwrecked thou shalt be.


Surrender your ship, and your coin purses too,
I'll give you no quarter, as landlubbers do.
My voice is as hazy, as a gunpowder blast,
But sadly that voice, is the one you'll hear last.


So wake, Navy wake, I am waiting for thee,
Oh, this night or never, shipwrecked thou shalt be,
So wake, Navy wake, I am waiting for thee,
Oh, this night or never, shipwrecked thou shalt be.


The Frenchman and Don will cower in fear,
And the English turn tail, when our corvette draws near.
Our purses are full, and our hearts merrily sing,
As the clouds gather on, the storm petrel's wing.


So wake, Navy wake, I am waiting for thee,
Oh, this night or never, shipwrecked thou shalt be,
So wake, Navy wake, I am waiting for thee,
Oh, this night or never, shipwrecked thou shalt be.


A buccaneer's life, is the life I shall lead,
And a warning I'll give, for the Crown to take heed.
I'm simply a pirate, but your reign shall not last,
Till the black flag by inches, is torn from the mast.


So wake, Navy wake, I am waiting for thee,
Oh, this night or never, shipwrecked thou shalt be,
So wake, Navy wake, I am waiting for thee,
Oh, this night or never, shipwrecked thou shalt be.

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