Song Lyrics Unknown - Yo Ho Ho    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Yo Ho Ho Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Yo Ho Ho Theme ID: 5986 Album: N/A YO HO HO (Allison and Waller) 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. The mate was fixed by the bosun's pike The bosun brained with a marlinspike And cookey's throat was marked belike It had been gripped by fingers ten; And there they lay, all good dead men Like break o'day in a boozing ken Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Dead and be damned and the rest gone whist! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! The skipper lay with his nob in gore Where the scullion's axe his cheek had shore And the scullion he was stabbed times four And there they lay, and the soggy skies Dripped down in up-staring eyes In murk sunset and foul sunrise Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Fifteen men of 'em stiff and stark Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Ten of the crew had the murder mark! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! 'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead Or a yawing hole in a battered head And the scuppers' glut with a rotting red And there they lay, aye, damn my eyes Looking up at paradise All souls bound just contrawise Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Fifteen men of 'em good and true Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Ev'ry man jack could ha' sailed with Old Pew, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! There was chest on chest of Spanish gold With a ton of plate in the middle hold And the cabins riot of stuff untold, And they lay there that took the plum With sightless glare and their lips struck dumb While we shared all by the rule of thumb, Yo ho ho and a 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 wrapped 'em all in a mains'l tight With twice ten turns of a hawser's bight And we heaved 'em over and out of sight, With a Yo-Heave-Ho! and a fare-you-well And a sudden plunge in the sullen swell Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! A flimsy girl on a bunker cot With a dirk slit sheer through the bosom spot And the lace stiff dry in a purplish rot Oh was she wench or was she jade Or was she just a shuddering maid? She dared the knife and she took the blade Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. Note: From a 1901 Broadway musical. Inspired by quatrain in Stevenson's Treasure Island. Reportedly, "Dead Man's Chest" was a Caribbean island rendezvous of buccaneers and smugglers. Last verse supplied by JY, other printed in Songs of the Navy, USNA RG @sailor @pirate @death filename[ YOHOHO play.exe YOHOHO JY, RG ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Zambia Anthem Text, Zambia Native Anthem Text, Zamboanga, Zebra Dun, Zen Gospel Song, Zimbabwe Anthem Text, Zimbabwe Native Anthem Text, Zulu King, 4 The Kids, Never, Never Feat Slug, The Wrong Route, A Life Beyond, Against The World, And The Laughter Has Died, Before the Creation of Time, Berserk, Bloodbath, Born Deranged, Breaking the Law, Burnt Alive, Captured, Countess Bathory, Crush The Skull, Dead Forever, Death Metal Victory, Demoneater, Demons Rejoice, Dissection Leftovers, Down Under Ground, Execute Them All, Fly Raven Fly, For They Shall Be Slain, Forever Goodbye, Forever Goodbye (2045), Hail the New Age, Hero Of The Land, I Am God, I Hate Returned, I Have Returned, If They Had Eyes, If They Had Eyes (the Watchers Of The Earth), In Hellfire, In The Name Of God, In The Northern Lands, Into Glory Ride, Joy In The Sun, Land Of Ice, Legal Rapes, Mediawhore, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy