Ballad of the Seas (The Pirate Song) Lyrics

Long ago there was a pirate ship

Floating uncharted in the blue of the sea

The thunder was pounding

The ocean breeze howling

The crew were as cool as can be

The roughening water

The dark skies beyond

Swallowed their pride as

They carried on

There on that ship in the eye of the storm

Sat a captain

Both clever and cruel

Never the one to stand down

Until they would have plundered

Each pound and each jewel

And just like magic

Their riches would grow

The captain yelled "onwards"

And onward they go

Ooo

You better behave or you'll end up below

Ooo

The captain yelled onwards so onwards you go

Now in the ship as the storm was still stirring

The captain's beginning to call

"All men on deck" but with no one to check

As the flooding had entered the hall

The ship slowly rocking

Had crept in the tide

The captain is watching

So softly they cried

Ooo

Show no fear or be tossed over the side

Ooo

The captain is watching so softly they cried

And the captain is shouting

Every man for themselves

But the crew begins running up towards the mast

And his first mate rebels

And he draws his sword swiftly

With the tidal waves closing in

So the captain not thinking

Just takes one look and swings

And the mast breaks

And the sails fall

And the sky starts to burn

There is a ship at the bottom of the sea

Full of broken walls, burnt wood, and gold

Rotted away like its captain and crew

And all of it left down below

The captain said onwards, so onwards you go

Ooo

Rotted away (pause)

And left down below.