Privateering Lyrics - Privateering - Mark Knopfler

Yon's my privateer 

See how trim she lies 

To every man a lucky hand 

And every man a prize 

I live to ride the ocean 

The mighty world around 

To take a little plunder 

And to hear the cannon sound 

To lay with pretty women 

To drink Madeira wine 

To hear the rollers thunder 

On a shore that isn't mine 

Privateering we will go 

Privateering, yo ho ho ho 

Privateering we will go 

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho 

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The people on your man o' war 

Are treated worse than scum 

I'm no flogging captain 

And by God I've sailed with some 

Come with me to Barbary 

We'll ply there up and down 

Not quite exactly 

In the service of the Crown 

To lay with pretty women 

To drink Madeira wine 

To hear the rollers thunder 

On a shore that isn't mine 

Privateering we will go 

Privateering, yo ho ho ho 

Privateering we will go 

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho 

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Look'ee there's my privateer 

She's small but she can sting 

Licensed to take prizes 

With a letter from the King 

I love the streets and taverns 

Of a pretty foreign town 

Tip my hat to the dark-eyed ladies 

As we sally up and down 

To lay with pretty women 

To drink Madeira wine 

To hear the rollers thunder 

On a shore that isn't mine 

Privateering we will go 

Privateering, yo ho ho ho 

Privateering we will go 

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho 

Britannia needs her privateers 

Each time she goes to war 

Death to all her enemies 

Though prizes matter more 

Come with me to Barbary 

We'll ply there up and down 

Not quite exactly 

In the service of the Crown 

To lay with pretty women 

To drink Madeira wine 

To hear the rollers thunder 

On a shore that isn't mine 

Privateering we will go 

Privateering, yo ho ho ho 

Privateering we will go 

Yo ho ho, yo ho ho