[00:24.72]In the company of thieves I set out for the plunder
[00:32.36]In search of adventure and tender in years
[00:40.05]I threw in my lot and was cast asunder
[00:50.48]And joined with the last of the privateers
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[01:01.67]Mexican gold and rum from Jamaica
[01:08.61]To the isle of Bermuda to wait out the year
[01:16.11]Then south round the Horn and the Devil can take her
[01:26.54]It was all in a day for a privateer
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[01:44.94]I took no advance in pay or promotion
[01:52.63]And squandered my share until it was gone
[01:59.94]I answered to no man whatever his station
[02:10.06]And lived out a dream to follow the sun
[02:15.88]
[02:20.12]For those dark-skinned beauties my heart is still yearning
[02:27.62]With a smile for a rogue they woule sing us ashore
[02:34.94]With wine and strong liquor and young blood a'burning 还
[02:45.37]I would give up a ransom to see them once more
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[03:03.68]I'll ship on board a Nantucket Trader
[03:11.00]And follow the course whichever she steers
[03:18.49]South to the Indies by chance to Bermuda
[03:28.56]And I'll bid farewell to the privateers
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[03:38.80]Be cheery my friends and don't be down-hearted
[03:45.80]Drink a health to the man who throws away cares
[03:53.18]Lift your glass and be merry before we are parted
[04:03.49]Bid adieu to the last of the privateers
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[04:48.61]Strike up a fiddle if you've a notion
[04:55.92]And lay me down easy under the stars
[05:02.73]Give me up to the deep of a dark rolling ocean
[05:13.05]Say farewell to the last of the privateers
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