Mysha and weelittledrummer-

I think the composer was being ironic when he was using such phrases as "pretty colours", "quiet hornpipe", and "pretty pranks." That kind of irony makes the brutality of the 3rd verse more powerful. I'm still working out how to sing this one and it will change but probably not as a consistently tough-worded pirate song; I'll probably speed it up some and maybe raise the key a bit if I can, a bit of a jaunty rhythm is really what is needed. It would also with some word changes make a fine rough and tough pirate song, and the current modal tune lends itself to that quite well.

I was also thinking that it could use a chorus or a refrain but so far I haven't come up with one.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble