Créditos
Letra
Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry
Fill, O fill the pirate glass!
And, to make us more than merry
Let the pirate bumper pass!
For today our pirate 'prentice
Rises from indenture freed
Strong his arm, and keen his scent is
He's a pirate now indeed!
Here's good luck to Frederic's ventures!
Frederic's out of his indentures
Two and twenty, now he's rising
And alone he's fit to fly
Which we're bent on signalizing
With unusual revelry
Here's good luck to Frederic's ventures!
Frederic's out of his indentures
Pour, oh, pour the pirate sherry
Fill, O fill the pirate glass!
And, to make us more than merry
Let the pirate bumper pass!
Yes, Frederic!
From today, you rank as a full-blown member of our band!
Hurrah!
My friends, I thank you all from my heart for your kind wishes
Would that I could repay them as they deserve
What do you mean?
Well, today, I am out of my indentures
And today I leave you forever
What?
But this is quite unaccountable
A keener hand at scuttling a Cunarder or cutting out a P. & O. never shipped a handspike!
Yes, I did my best for you. And why?
Because it was my duty under my indentures, and I am the slave of duty
As a child I was regularly apprenticed to your band
It was through an error
No matter, the mistake was ours, not yours
And I was in honor bound by it
An error? What error?
Well, I dare not say
For it would reflect upon my well-loved Ruth
Nay, dear master, my mind has long been gnawed by the cankering tooth of mystery
Better have it out at once!
