Here's a reworking as a song of a Victorian pirate poem from the classic work THE PIRATES OWN BOOK. I'd also like to see what other "new" pirate songs folks have turned up added to this thread; repaste in Word/Times/#12 and the chords should pop into place. ARRGGGHHH!

PIRATES' OWN SONG
(From Pirates Own Book © 1924 Adapted by Charlie Ipcar © 1993 Tune: King John & the Abbot of Canterbury also known as Blue Mountain Lake Key: Dm(7/Gm))

Dm----------------------------C/Dm/Am
Hoist our flag to the mast, 'tis dark as the grave,
------Dm—C---Dm/Gm-------Am
Or the death which we bear, as we sweep o'er the waves;
---------Dm----------------------Am
Have the decks cleared for action, the gun crews prepared,
----Dm--------------------------C Dm/Am
The boarding-axe sharpened, the cut-lass-es bared.

Chorus

Dm------------C-----Dm/Am/Dm
And 'tis down, down; sink them all down!

Have the great guns run out, then bring unto me,
For the last of my duties, the gun powder key;
I'll never lower this black flag we bear;
If the sea be denied us, we'll fly through the air! (CHO)

To share lies the plunder, from our last prey,
'Tis mine to divide; 'tis yours to obey;
I claim not a portion; I ask but for mine –
A toast to our prize – one cup of red wine! (CHO)

Now some fight for riches; some fight for fame:
The first I despise; the last's but a name;
I fight for vengeance! I love to see flow,
At the stroke of my saber, the blood of my foe!(CHO)

I strike for the memory of long-vanished years:
Of a fair maiden lost, of a family in tears;
I come in a flash, as lightning from above,
And chase o'er the waves to the battle I love!(CHO)

Chorus