Pirate song | Fifteen men on a dead man's chest

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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

Pirate song

(Sung text for setting by H. Gilbert)

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Language: English

Our translations: HUN

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.
Drink and the devil had done for the rest,
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.

Hate lies close to love of gold.
Dead men's secrets are tardily told.
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.

Dead men only the secret shall keep
Yo! ho! ho and a bottle of rum.
So bare the knife and plunge it deep.
Yo! ho! ho! Yo! ho! Yo! ho! ho!

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,
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest,
Drink and the devil had done for the rest,
Yo! ho! ho! Yo! ho! Yo! ho! ho!

Composition:

Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert

Text Authorship:

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), no title, appears in Treasure Island

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2004-02-10
Line count: 21
Word count: 165

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