dead man's song

how i regret that awful day

i left me wife and sailed away

now i today my life will lose

around me neck they'll put a noose

but when i'm swinging from that rope

i won't cry although i choke. oh no i'll smile 'cause finally

i will be free

i will be free!

set me free. set me free. o lord please end this misery

'cause life at sea is not fer me!

rather than in the navy spend me life

i wished fer it to end. but a catholic can't afford

to take his life 'n smite the lord

so i did bad

i misbehaved

in hope the crown would let me pay. would they sentence me to die

me soul in hell it wouldn't fry. set me free. set me free. o lord please end this misery

'cause life at sea is not fer me!

so i invoked the krakens curse

and i stole the watchman's purse

kicked the first mate in the nuts

and then confessed

i spilled me guts. they locked me up in hope i'd crack

had the cat dance on me back. n' they hauled me 'round the keel

but me life they wouldn't steal. set me free. set me free. o lord please end this misery

'cause life at sea is not fer me!

so then i stabbed our captain dead

i thought fer sure they'd have me head. but i just spurred a mutiny

they fer me help promoted me. so as new watchman that same night

seal our fate i thought i might

as a corsair fleet approached from west

i didn't warn the rest. set me free. set me free. o lord please end this misery

'cause life at sea is not fer me!

and they were quiet as small mice

as they took us by surprise. sixty three brits where killed right there

but me they chose to spare. they said - your irish