Anne Bonny

Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny Oh, I'll tell you a tale of a pirate queen (ah) A she-wolf who reigned the Caribbean Sea (ah) With a pistol-a-ready and a cutlass keen (ah) The villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ah) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (hey-ey-ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (hey-ey-ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ey) Born in Ireland, scandalously Bastard daughter, to a prosperous lawyer Shunned suitor and society For the love of a pirate boy So, Calico Jack and our Anne Bonny Passioned lovers, villainous plunderers Sailed off for a life of piracy On his ship, The Revenge, ahoy! Oh, I'll tell you a tale of a pirate queen (oh-oh) A she-wolf who reigned the Caribbean Sea (oh) With a pistol-a-ready and a cutlass keen (oh-woah) The villainous, infamous Anne Bonny Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (hey-ey-ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (hey-ey-ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ey) But, this was the 18th century Where men make knives and women make wives So, Anne disguised herself to be A deadly pirate boy Oh, she plundered and murdered and raided the sea With canons roaring, pistols warring She ravaged galleons mercilessly Oh, Anne Bonny Then a fellow pirate caught a glance Her naked chest, a woman's breast So, she drew her cutlass and took a stand To be Anne, the Pirate Queen Oh, I'll tell you a tale of a pirate queen (oh-oh) A she-wolf who reigned the Caribbean Sea (oh) With a pistol-a-ready and a cutlass keen (oh-woah) The villainous, infamous Anne Bonny Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (hey-ey-ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (hey-ey-ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ey) And that's when Anne met Mary Read A pirate siren, female tyrant Together they terrorised the sea A buccaneering team Oh, they plundered and murdered and raided the sea With canons roaring, pistols warring They ravaged galleons mercilessly Anne and Mary Read On October 1720 Gold they struck, so the boys got drunk An easy opportunity For a ship of British marines Anne and Mary fought alone (oh) With cutlass flying, pistols firing (oh) They fought hard for their ocean throne (oh) But, lost their victory (oh) And so the crew were captured (ooh) Thrown in prison, death by hanging (ooh) But, Anne Bonny was pardoned (ooh) For her belly held a child (ooh) So, she paid her Jack a visit (ooh) And this she said, with no tear shed (ooh) "If you had fought like a man" (ooh) "You wouldn't be about to die like a dog" She turned on her heel Walked out of the door And vanished Into legend Oh, I'll tell you a tale of a pirate queen (oh-oh) A she-wolf who reigned the Caribbean Sea (oh) With a pistol-a-ready and a cutlass keen (oh) The villainous, infamous Anne Bonny Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (hey-ey-ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (hey-ey-ey) Villainous, infamous, Anne Bonny (ey)