Arrrrr, It Be Pirate Talkin' Day

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Yes, believe it or not, it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day (Sept 19). Who'd a thunk it?

There is an offical website and everything! And if you happen to be Australian, you might be interested in this.


Who be yer favorite pirate? Captain Jack Sparrow, Blackbeard, Captain Kidd, Captain Feathersword?

I like them all but love the Great Big Sea version, from The Hard and the Easy of this traditional song:




Captain Kidd

My name is Captain Kidd, as I sailed, as I sailed

My name is Captian Kidd, as I sailed

My name is Captian Kidd, God's laws I did forbid

And most wickedly I did, as I sailed, as I sailed

Oh, my parents taught me well, as I sailed, as I sailed

My parents taught me well, as I sailed

My parents taught me well to shun the gates of Hell

But against them I rebelled, as I sailed, as I sailed

Well, I murdered William Moore, as I sailed, as I sailed

I murdered William Moore, as I sailed

I murdered William Moore and I left him in his gore

Forty leagues from shore, as I sailed, as I

being cruel still, as I sailed, as I sailed

And being cruel still, as I sailed

And being cruel still the gunner I did kill

And his precious blood did spill, as I sailed, as I sailed

Well, my repentance lasted not, as I sailed, as I sailed

My repentance lasted not, as I sailed

My repentance lasted not, my vows I soon forgot

Damnation was my lot, as I sailed, as I sailed

To execution dock I must go, I must go

To execution dock I must go

To execution dock, lay my head upon the block

And no more the laws I'll mock, as I sail, as I sail

As for Pirate Reading, hmmm...not sure what a pirate would read, but you can read about pirates:

• Captain Blood by Raphael Sabatin
• To Catch a Pirate by Jade Parker (A Romance)
• The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire by Susan Ronald
• Bluenose Ghosts by Helen Creighton (Ghostly Pirates and How to Dig Up Pirate Treasure)
• Captain Sinister's Lady by Darlene Marshall (Another Romance)
• How I Became a Pirate by Belinda Long (Kids)

Enjoy!