The Beast Of Pirates Bay

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Gather weary traveller
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I have a tale to tell
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It might just save your lives
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But only if you listen well
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Cause there before the breakers
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And just around the way
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There's a sign
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That says Beware
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The Beast of Pirate's Bay

[Verse 1]
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Some say he's a guppy
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A kid threw in the sea
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He ate so many sailors
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Now he's bigger than a tree
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His teeth as sharp as scissors
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His claws they are like knives...
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And if you think he's ugly
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Wait 'til you see his insides!

[Chorus]
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Oh, don't you sail

And don't you row
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And certainly don't you swim
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Cause if you aren't careful
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You'll end up inside of him
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He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
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You better stay away
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Head the sign that says Beware
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The Beast of Pirate's Bay

[Verse 2]
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Some say he's a serpent
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That came straight from hell
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To eat the souls of pirates
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And other ne'er-do-wells
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Some they don't believe it
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As for me I've got a hunch...
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'Cause they used to have some pirates here
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But he ate them all for lunch!

[Chorus]
Dm
Don't you sail

And don't you row
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And certainly don't you swim
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Cause if you aren't careful
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You'll end up inside of him
      Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
    Gm
You better stay away
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Head the sign that says Beware
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The Beast of Pirate's Bay

[Verse 3]
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Well, Captain Hook, you've heard of him
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He came to Pirate's Bay
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Seems his little nemesis
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Had nearly got away
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He reached into the water
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To grab at Peter Pan...

There was a crunch and a scream!
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And now that scurvy captain's
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Got hooks on both his hands!

[Chorus]
    Dm
Oh, don't you sail

And don't you row
    Gm
And certainly don't you swim
      Dm
Cause if you aren't careful
           A
You'll end up inside of him
      Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
    Gm
You better stay away
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Head the sign that says Beware
    A     Gm F E      Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay

[Verse 4]
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Well, Blackbeard the Pirate
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You know for what he's feared
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It's mostly for the dark, imposing
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color of his beard
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He saw the beast and now
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Nobody's scared of him because...
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His beard turned white and all agree
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He looks like Santa Claus

[Chorus]
    Dm
Oh, don't you sail

And don't you row
    Gm
And certainly don't you swim
      Dm
Cause if you aren't careful
           A
You'll end up inside of him
      Dm
He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
    Gm
You better stay away
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Head the sign that says Beware
    A     Gm F E      Dm
The Beast of Pirate's Bay

[Sad bit]
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Well, now the tavern's empty
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And there's only you and me
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And if you care I'd like to share
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How this song came to be
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So come a little closer
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If you really want to know
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This very sad and woeful tale
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happened so long a-go...

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Well, I was just a little boy when I went to Pirate's Bay
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And there I saw a creature that was very much dismayed
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With a harpoon in his dorsal fin and a hook stuck in his side
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This mighty whale was in such pain we both began to cry...
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I PUSHED and I shoved!
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But he wouldn't give way
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Into the deeper waters
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Of our shallow Pirate's Bay
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All I could do to help him
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Was to keep people away...
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So I wrote a sign...
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That said Beware...
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The Beast of Pirate's Bay!

WHAT DID IT SAY?
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Don't you sail and don't you row
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And certainly don't you swim
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Cause if you aren't careful you'll end up inside of him
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He'll eat you up, he'll spit you out
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You better stay away
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HEED THE BG N THAT SAYS BEWAD
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HELL I SHOULD KNOW, I PUT IT THED
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HEED THE BG N THAT SAYS BEWAD
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THE BEAST
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OF
F  E
PI-RATE'S
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BAY!