Pirates

Pirates by David L. Harrison
 * They looted and burned waterfront cities.
 * They were thieves through and through and pledged loyalty only to themselves.
 * If they didn't likethe job he was doing, they replaced him with another.
 * Battle injuries were common and frequently fatal.
 * If captured they faced hanging or life in prson, where death from disease was nearly certain.
 * Three hundred years ago, there were thousands of them.
 * WE tend to forget that the more successful they became, the more victims they left behind.
 * they slept in places roaches would snub, ate when they were able, drank what they could.
 * Tomorrow would be like yesterday---
 * I'd say you've snatched a purse or two.
 * Ye'll do.
 * Let 'em count. Let 'em dream.
 * You there! Easy with those chickens!
 * They'll prize eggs over doubloons when their bellies crave more than gold.
 * The wind's swinging around, 'tis nearly time.
 * For now le'em count and dream.
 * If you do, I promise you you'll live-- if you live-- to regret it.
 * Don't even think of mutiny, I promise you'll be shot
 * Lose an arm, we'll pay you well for suffering you'll endure.
 * But her I sit another day-- another day without no pay--
 * I don't taste no turtle in it
 * Turtle must a swum away
 * This slop'll make ye puke today!
 * Next time before I sign I'll look... yeah, make sure they signed a cook!
 * Why was I such a fool? Why is it always me?
 * Shouldn't a broke a rule where everyone could see.
 * The prize is mine! A sail ! A sail!
 * I fear my eyes play tricks on me.
 * I'll have your pretty baubles, by and by.
 * Easy lads... fog has ears.
 * Swallow your cough, sneeze not lest that be the last sound ye make on this earth.
 * Our surprise party is polt!
 * PHYSICAL CLUE--- jolly roger
 * Jolly Roger grins in the sun.
 * They turn their cannon! We turn quicker!
 * His name alone numbed men with fear
 * Unbeatable at his brutal game.
 * Ruthlessly he earned his fame.
 * Nice and easy. Do nothing ye'll regret.
 * Ah, those rings are pretty things!
 * What'll the king say?
 * Your kindness can't be matched!
 * Let's hope he's as kind as you and leaves your head attached.
 * And where might they be goin, eh?
 * I smell a rat!
 * I best get there to claim me share.
 * Tempers, tempers, gentlemen!
 * Are we not a brotherhood?
 * We swore on oath to make that clear.
 * No one needs a pistol here.
 * If you think to follow me, gentlemen--- I recommend you not.
 * Break the rules, you pay the price---
 * marooned for life, however long or short your life may be
 * They got us two to one!
 * Run up all your canvas!
 * The devil we will answer to if ever we get caught.
 * We're bound to dance the hempen jig unless we get away!
 * Distant guns belch dragon's breath
 * Point blank range battle rages.
 * It's over then. Done.
 * No quarter given to the likes of me.
 * I knew one day I'd end like this-- without hope.
 * Farewell, then. I go to settle for my sins.
 * We weren't a pretty lot, but not everything you've heard about us is true.
 * We did love to party!
 * A man could live like a king forever with that much wealth.
 * Guess how long it took those jolly lads to squander every last piece? Three weeks!
 * We'd steal anything.
 * gold and silver were best, of course.
 * Life was dangerous. Not for the old or timid.
 * We averaged twenty seven years old.
 * Few of us married.
 * Scurvy and diseases probably killed more of us than all our battles combined.
 * Sometimes we needed those oars to get away!
 * In 1720, there were about two thousand of us.