McCully Workshop : THE BUCCANEER

"The Buccaneer" originally appeared on the McCully Workshop album "Workshop Revisited" released in 1977. It spent 15 weeks in the Springbok Radio charts, with two weeks #1. It also reached the Number One position on Radio 5. Sixteen men on a dead man’s chest Will I see you tomorrow Sixteen men and I’ll see the rest I won’t beg, steal or borrow I won’t beg, steal or borrow Well we sailed into the beach And we were just out of reach Of the forty-second squadron When I heard the captain screech Get down on the sand Don’t you waste no time ‘Cause we gotta get that gold inside Before it turns after nine And the Buccaneer said I’ll see you dead I’ll see you swinging from the yard arm The buccaneer sang in a nasal twang There’s enough gold here to start on There’s enough gold to get high on Well the Captain he’d been told Where they hid away the gold And he told us to go dig it up So that he could get it sold But somebody had taken it Before his very eyes And he turned around and looked at me And much to my surprise And the Buccaneer said I’ll see you dead I’ll see you swinging from the yard arm The buccaneer sang in a nasal twang There’s enough gold here to start on There’s enough gold to get high on Save me! Whoa, oh, oh, save me Save me from The Buccaneer Save me! Whoa, oh, oh, save me Save me from The Buccaneer Well I had to get away So I swam into the bay And I could hear him coming up And I could hear him say When I get hold of you You won’t even cry Cause I’ll string you from the yardarm And all you’ll do is die Well they got me on the deck Put the rope around my neck And I could feel the sweat break out And I could feel it stick But the Royal Navy frigate came And rescued me at last She put one across the bow And fired one into the mast And the Buccaneer said I’ll see you dead I’ll see you swinging from the yard arm The buccaneer sang in a nasal twang There’s enough gold here to start on There’s enough gold to get high on And the Buccaneer said I’ll see you dead I’ll see you swinging from the yard arm The buccaneer sang in a nasal twang There’s enough gold here to start on There’s enough gold to get high on (Written by Mike McCullagh)