Abney Park - Æther Shanty

My arms aching, back's breaking, legs aching neck
And this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck.
Flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides
Though the wind's steady strong with no clouds in the skies.

The ropes creaking, ship's leaking, sails are on fire,
And this whole bloody ship could go up like a pyre.
We've got smiles on our faces, but we've seen this before
No telling just now what we have in store.

The back-stabbing, loot-nabbing plans behind doors
Running low on the rum and depleting our stores
Can't tell who's on our side and who's ready to flip
When we hit the next port the whole crew could jump ship.

With the moods flaring, crew's glaring, cut-throats the lot
With a paranoid captain always smelling a plot
We've worked hard on this journey, but there's no land in sight
And before it's all ended there could be a fight.

My arms aching, back's breaking, legs aching neck
And this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck.
Flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides
Though the wind's steady strong with no clouds in the skies.

The ropes creaking, ship's leaking, sails are on fire,
And this whole bloody ship could go up like a pyre.
We've got smiles on our faces, but we've seen this before
No telling just now what we have in store.

My friends I stand before you
To tell a truth most dire
There lurks a traitor in our midst
Who has invoked the captain's ire

He don't deserve no mercy
We ought to shoot him with a gun
But I am not an evil man
So first lets have a little fun

We'll tie that scoundrel to a rope
And throw him overboard
Drag him underneath the ship
A terrifying deadly trip

Keelhaul that filthy landlubber send him down to the depths below
Make that bastard walk the plank with a bottle of rum and a Yo-Ho-Ho

Keelhaul that filthy landlubber send him down to the depths below
Make that bastard walk the plank with a bottle of rum and a Yo-Ho-Ho

I will not say what he has done
His sins are far to grave to tell
It's not my place to judge a man
But for them he will burn in hell

The sharks will dine up on his flesh
And Davey Jones will have his soul
Take his money and his hat
He won't need them where he's gonna go

But first lets him to a rope
And throw him overboard
Drag him underneath the ship
A terrifying deadly trip

Keelhaul that filthy landlubber send him down to the depths below
Make that bastard walk the plank with a bottle of rum and a Yo-Ho-Ho

Keelhaul that filthy landlubber send him down to the depths below
Make that bastard walk the plank with a bottle of rum and a Yo-Ho-Ho

We'll tie that scoundrel to a rope
And throw him overboard
Drag him underneath the ship
A terrifying deadly trip

Keelhaul that filthy landlubber send him down to the depths below
Make that bastard walk the plank with a bottle of rum and a Yo-Ho-Ho

Keelhaul that filthy landlubber send him down to the depths below
Make that bastard walk the plank with a bottle of rum and a Yo-Ho-Ho

If we're going the pirate tour, then Phantoms of the High Seas by Nox Arcana might be great to set the atmosphere. Crossfire is one of my personal faves. If you like it I recommend looking into their other cd's, they've done one about vampires, one which is an ode to the works of E. A. Poe and then some more. Can be just what you need to create the mood for a roleplaying setting.

My favorite it is Nox Arcana, based on H.P. Lovecraft's works <3
But they have a really good one based on a haunted house/family (that I don't have time to remember/find)