Pirates of the Northern Seas
If sailor tales to sailor tunes
Storm and adventure, heat and cold
If schooners, islands, and maroons
And Buccaneers and buried Gold
And all the old romance, retold
Exactly in the ancient way
Can please, as me they pleased of old
The wiser youngsters of today
Pirates of the Northern Seas
We rule the waves
On the Island of the Ice
Our treasure lies
So be it, and fall on! If not
If studious youth no longer crave
His ancient appetites forgot
Kingston, or Ballantyne the brave
Or Cooper of the wood and wave
So be it, also! And may I
And all my pirates share the grave
Where these and their creations lie
Pirates of the Northern Seas
We rule the waves
On the Island of the Ice
Our treasure lies
But one man of her crew alive
What put to sea with seventy-five
Fifteen men on the deadman's chest
Drink and the devil had done for the rest
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum
Rum
Pirates of the Northern Seas
We rule the waves
On the Island of the Ice
Our treasure, our treasure lies
And a bottle of rum