Skull Branded Pirates - Hempen Jig

{Verse 1}
My Captain's been caught cavorting
With the women in the port
And now he'll be dancing the hempen jig!
I don't want to die, I shall repent I'll do the time
I give my word to God, He'll chuck it back
Your word means nothing!

{Verse 2}
Can you see the woven cord of justice?
Swinging from the yard arm in front of all to see
A brave man here stands before the crowd
And pelted with rotten fruit
Not popular is he

{Verse 3}
And before I know the noose is thrown
Around my tender neck
And it bites down hard upon the shard
Of life I still have left
I am dancing the Hempen Jig!
And I'll testify, repent my crimes
Relinquish from my sins
And I have a last request
That's please save me!

{Verse 4}
The Governor strolls out from the docks
Across the crowd the crew I spot
Clutching sword and dagger
‘neath their veils
I dangle from the rope and knot
I will not die I will not rot!
A darkened sense of wonder
Fills my sails

{Verse 5}
An arrow strikes the cord
I lay crumpled on the shore
A rogue wave drags me out to sea
The ocean calls, is this the end?
Is this my destiny?

{Verse 6}
I get pulled into the depths
And all around the sirens bound
About the sunken wrecks
And I lay to rest my burning neck
Upon the sea floor bed
And I have a last request
That's please save me

{Verse 7}
There's an ancient sailor myth
If when the mast the shit doth hit
And an ancient pact is made

{Verse 8}
Hats off to Davy Jones
The demon keeper
Of the drowning souls
That he's never setting free
I'd rather sleep beneath the waves
Let me
Rest. In. Peace