Whilst we were sailin' over
A shining salty ocean
We saw upon the waters
A Spanish treasure Galleon
We dropped the heavy canvas
As we readied up the guns fast
We cruised right up beside her
And we blew right through her main mast
Rah jah shun jolly lugga mugah!
We'll dance with Johnny Ketch
The noose around our necks
There's rum inside the flask
We cast the weathered gangplank
From one timber to the other
And boarded treasure galleon
As a band of pirate brothers
We slashed and shot through Spaniards
'Til we came upon the captain
Yet when we came to face him
All our spirits were disheartened
Rah jah shun jolly lugga mugah!
We'll dance with Johnny Ketch
The noose around our necks
There's rum inside the flask
Well as we met the captain
We met least a dozen muskets
A great barrage of bullets
Tore our flesh and stained our jackets
Those of us still breathing
Tried to scramble back to gangplank
But b______ Spanish cannons
Had our brigantine all but sank
Rah jah shun jolly lugga mugah!
We'll dance with Johnny Ketch
The noose around our necks
There's rum inside the flask
As prisoners we were taken
Back to the Cuban mainland
Where rope and gallows waited
For our sad and sorry sea band
Yet as we climb the gallows
We do not regret our journeys
For we lived our lives as pirates
And I'm dyin' with me hearties
Rah jah shun jolly lugga mugah!
We'll dance with Johnny Ketch
The noose around our necks
There's rum inside the flask
