Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys
Includes songs by Bono, Sting, Bryan Ferry, Lucinda Williams, Nick Cave, Loudon Wainwhright III
Released 2006



Marooned: The self-titled debut album of this quartet of singing sea-dogs. Includes such songs as Rolling Down to Old Maui, Barley Mo', Haul Away Joe and more. Released in 2003 this album is a cannot miss CD. Available from CD Baby.


Skeleton Crew Pirate Band: Kings of the Sea
The long awaited debut from these musical pirates is full of pirate favorites such as The Derelict (15 men on a Dead Man's Chest), Down Among the Dead Men, Shiver Me Timbers (from Muppet Treasure Island) and many many more. Listen to the group that played on the red carpet for the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. The CD can be purchased online here.

• See also: Pirate Songs!

Jimmy Buffett: Pirate Looks At 40 (album: A1A)
Mother, mother ocean, after all these years I've found
My occupational hazard being my occupation's
just not around.
The King Of Monroe County laments lost youth and yearns for freedom in this gentle, rolling ballad.

Gilbert and Sullivan: Pirates Of Penzance
Famed comic opera taking potshots at the army, the police, and rural life. Features the famous copper's lament "A Policeman's Lot Is Not A Happy One" and the tongue-breaking, Seuss-inspiring epic "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General".

Bob Marley: Redemption Song
Oh pirates, yes they rob I,
sold I to the merchant ships
minutes after they took I
from the bottomless pit.

Captain Billy's Privateers" by Jolly Rogues
by Catherine L. Tully

Artist: Jolly Rogues
Album: "Captain Billy's Privateers"
Year produced: 2004

Hailing from Massachusetts--a place itself steeped in history--the Jolly Rogues are themselves an "auditory flashback" to the music of the 18th and 19th century. On this CD, Captain Billy's Privateers, they go from one great sea shanty to another, and truth be told, there is quite a bit of a nautical flair going on here--which is already reflected in the title of the CD, so it shouldn't really be a surprise!

You can tell that these gentlemen are into history, and you don't need to look too far for an affirmation of that fact--they are members of The Guild of Historic Interpreters. They stay pretty true to olde times as well, and if you see them perform you'll probably find them dressing in three-cornered hats and knickers and using traditional instruments.

My personal favorite is track 9, "I'm A Rover Seldom Sober." It's one of those tunes that makes you sway with it and join in singing--Rover or not--you'll jump on the bandwagon for this track. There is a good selection of seafaring songs here, and it is nearly all light-hearted and pleasant--good mood music to be sure.