Pirate Song Henry F. Gilbert

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
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!