My favorite Pirate songs is the wonderfully off-kilter Refrigerator Pirates done by the Smokin Fez Monkeys. That video is priceless, as "Rattletrap Jack Hokum" who wrote the song has moved on from the group, and "Bullfrog Willy Plunkett" (Tim Wallace) passed away last March. I'm sorry I never shared this with Art Theime, as it's a song I could have imagined him having a ball with as it's totally pun-saturated. With the blossoming of "Pyrate" festivals, there must be a bunch of songs geared to that Renfaire spin-off batch. I saw a group at a maritime festival who struck me as perfect for that venue, though they were more into bawdy songs, than pirates per se. Joanne in Cleveland
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