Lyr Req: Arrgh! (Woods Tea Company)

Subject: Lyr Req: 'Arrgh' by Woods Tea Company
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 10:38 PM

Recorded on their album "Live"

                                  SOL ZELLER

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arrgh' by Woods Tea Company
From: Peace
Date: 27 Dec 06 - 10:46 PM

Click it and listen here.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arrgh' by Woods Tea Company
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 28 Dec 06 - 11:40 PM

Thank you very much for the link.

                                           SOL

Subject: Lyr Add: ARRGH! (pirate song by Woods Tea Company)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 31 Dec 06 - 11:41 PM

Here's my transcription from the sound file that Peace linked to.

ARRGH!
As sung by Woods Tea Company

A health to the pirates bold seafaring.
    So we say and so we do.
There's none set sail with finer bearing.
    Sailing on the ocean blue.

CHORUS:
"Arrgh!" says I, and "Aye!" says he.
We'll stand on board as brother.
We'll rule the sea, just you and me.
Let the devil take another.

Now Calico Jack wore stripèd trousers.
    So we say and so we do.
They hung him up with his rabble-rousers.
    Sailing on the ocean blue.

They all felt safe in Panama County.
    So we say and so we do.
Till Henry Morgan claimed the bounty.
    Sailing on the ocean blue.

Well, Blackbeard's men would test your mettle.
    So we say and so we do.
Bad cess to them that meet the devil.
    Sailing on the ocean blue.

Our golden days have long since ended.
    So we say and so we do.
We're thrown in shackles, none defended.
    Sailing on the ocean blue.


[Calico Jack, Henry Morgan, and Blackbeard were all real pirates, but I can't find any place called Panama County.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcMhrR2JBqk

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'Arrgh' by Woods Tea Company
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 01 Jan 07 - 01:01 PM

Thank you for the transcription Jim.

                                       SOL

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Arrgh! (Woods Tea Company)
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Sep 21 - 04:17 PM

Thanks for taking the time to write this out. I got to see Woods Tea Company perform live only once.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Arrgh! (Woods Tea Company)
From: GUEST,Steve Colby
Date: 28 Sep 21 - 01:33 PM

A very belated thanks to Jim for lyrics transcription. As far as Panama County is concerned the pirate "safe haven" was Port Royal which I think was also referred to as Panama County. It was a safe haven until it was destroyed by a hurricane. Let's hope they were all good swimmers.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Arrgh! (Woods Tea Company)
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Sep 21 - 02:15 PM

They all felt safe in Panama City
Till Henry Morgan raided it in 1671

doesn't rhyme as well as --county ... --bounty