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Artist: Teminite
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Raise The Black Flag
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Raise The Black Flag
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‘Ere Jim, ‘ave a seat an’ I’ll tell you a tale that’ll cause your blood to run cold
It was a dark and stormy night
Three weeks out of Ilfracombe, bound for the isle of Lundy
Just east of Devil’s Slide, late in the middle watch
There was a call from the fore topsail yard
‘On deck there, a sail, one point on the starboard bow’
Through the mist and fog, a dark shape emerged
A ghostly figure standing at its helm
Course set, intent clear, it bore down upon us
On the wind, a refrain to strike fear into the heart of any man
Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
And another bottle of rum
Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
‘God preserve us’
Drink and the devil had done for the rest, yo ho ho and a
‘Send them to the depths’
Just one more bottle of rum
‘Raise the Black Flag’
Just one more bottle of rum
Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Drink and the devil had done for the rest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
‘We’re gonna need a bigger cannon’
And another bottle of rum
‘Ooh, let’s use that one’
Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
‘On my command’
Drink and the devil had done for the rest, yo ho ho and a
‘Send them to the depths’
Ha ha ha ha ha fire!
Just one more bottle of rum
‘Raise the Black Flag’
Just one more bottle of rum
Aha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ooh, where’s me rum?
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