Carl Schonbeck - Rummage Sail Lyrics

Rummage Sail


When I am much older, my treasure stowed and safe
There's something that I'd fancy before I leave this life
Round up my old companions from campaigns of yore
Load the hold with fare and rum and go to sea once more
A rummage sail (rummage sail!) rummage sail (rummage sail!)
Waited on hook and peg by a mermaid belle
A rummage sail (rummage sail!) rummage sail (rummage sail!)
Nothing to do but toast those lost and tell our tall sea tales
A rummage sail

I'd round up Miles Shaughnessy and my friend Jack Sticks
We'd laugh and say "In our day, we were a fearsome mix"
Jon Cutter'd play his accordion; on fiddle one-eyed Pete
Some would raise their voice in song, the rest would tap their feet
A rummage sail (rummage sail!) rummage sail (rummage sail!)
Waited on hook and peg by a mermaid belle
A rummage sail (rummage sail!) rummage sail (rummage sail!)
Nothing to do but toast those lost and tell our tall sea tales
A rummage sail

Free in the salt air, cut free from the shore
Once more in the briny then landlubbers ever more
Still pirates to the core

Ships with silk and calico would pass within our reach
We'd grab the booty for old times sake and hide it on the beach
We'd all start to get homesick in this changing world
We'd weigh anchor sail for home our jolly roger flag unfurled
A rummage sail (rummage sail!) rummage sail (rummage sail!)
Waited on hook and peg by a mermaid belle
A rummage sail (rummage sail!) rummage sail (rummage sail!)
Nothing to do but toast those lost and tell our tall sea tales
A rummage sail