Getting into the Christmas spirit around here. It’s Christmas Eve already- wow! Here’s a fun little video by Tom Mason & the Blue Buccaneers. It’s another Song of the Sea too. 😉
Yo Ho Ho (Pirates Christmas)
‘Twas the night before Christmas
And out on the sea…
We were cold, lonely pirates
It was no place to be
We needed one more raid
In the freezing rain
To make it to the warmth of the Spanish Main
As we passed St Johns, on Newfoundlands coast
A strange looking frigate appeared like a ghost
The bowsprit was carved like an arctic reindeer
With a lantern nose to make the passage clear
chorus:
Yo ho ho surrender the booty
Yo ho ho we’re here to receive
Yo ho ho it’s a pirates Christmas
And we’re a pack of bloodthirsty thieves
Arrrrrgh
We come along broadside and prepared to board
With bloodthirsty cries we raised our swords
But we cast no fear on the curious crew
A strange pack of pigmies in a lighter hue
Out of the focs’l their captain appeared
He was a corpulent man with a great white beard
He wore a suit of red with furry white trim
And he laughed in our faces as we shouted at him
chorus:
We said: Yo ho ho surrender the booty
He said: Ho ho ho, not on my dead mans chest
Its Christmas Eve and its my dutyÂ
To get the toys to the children
Who’ve been on their best
There’d been such good behavior by all the girls and boys
That Santas’ ship was sinking from the weight of all the toys
I looked in the deadlights of my befuddled crew
They’d faced many dangers, but this one was new
I offered the fat Spaniard our brigantine
To deliver his gifts, clear to the Caribbean
I warned him we trade in treachery
Ho ho ho, your secrets safe with me
chorus:
Yo ho ho deliver the booty
Yo ho ho, take my treasure chest
It’s Christmas Eve and it’s our duty
To get to the children who’ve been their best
Yo ho ho Merry Christmas
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum
Yo ho ho its a pirates Christmas
Ho ho ho hey rumplepumpum
Yo ho ho Merry Christmas
And a hot buttered  rum
Yo ho ho its a pirates Christmas
Ho Ho Ho hey rumplepumpum
Yaaargh