Hoist her up and go afar don’t give a damn if we’ll cross the bar. We’re sailing away on this rotten brig while dancing the Capt’n’s jig!
Letters o’ grace, letters o’ Marque! Grant me permission to sink that barque! Name me ‘a dog’, call me ‘a pig’! I’m dancing the Capt’n’s jig, oh!
Hoist’em up them scarlet sails else you’ll be flung by the Cat o’ nine tails. (Oh,) hare-brained fools! This isn’t a rig; we’re dancing the Capt’n’s jig!
Whimps of the flock, men of dry land; whining like children when far off the strand. Throw off yer frock, burn up yer whig and dance the Capt’n’s jig, oh!
He’s dancing right here yet dancing so far away (Needless to say!) His drunken steps are keeping the reefs at bay. (All the way!) The Capt’n’s ode to Terpsichore is plain (So it’s said!) His cannons keeps his rhythm, their rhythm is his name
We do not sing, just ululate whilst spending on liquor our puny rent It doesn’t pay off, the check is not big, to dance the Capt’n’s jig… Listen here, now listen straight the crowd be a’waiting, we mustn’t wait Pillage our show, plunder’s our gig we’re dancing the Capt’n’s jig, oh!