Playing solo acoustic at a pirate themed party this weekend

[zodiactone]

Like the title says, I'm playing a pirate party for a group of lawyers. It's just me and an acoustic (and yes, I have to be in a pirate costume as well). But I need to know of some pirate themed songs, or well, anything of that nature. Does any one have any clues, BECAUSE I DEFINITELY DON'T!!!!!!!

If it was celtic-themed then there would be no problem....but I don't know of any Pirate songs.

[guitarslinger21]

wow.

I would just look the part, and play whatever.

[lalaland]

Dude, I had the weirdest gig of my life playing to a bunch of pirates.
One of them tried to come up and talk shop with me...
We also found out that one of them - quite ugly and rather old - was a hooker. Somehow she found a way to bring this up with us in between songs?!?

[Dave Klausner]

Here's a good start...

http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?cat=11&paged=2

[Butterfly]

Dave beat me to it on the Drunken Sailor!
Save that one till the right time. You'll know it when you see people going "aarggh" to each other lol....

[Bryan T]

I'd do a bunch of Decemberists songs. They always have a bit of a sea shanty feel to them.

Bryan

[Bantha]

Make sure you do Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

[puls]

40,000 Headmen by Traffic

Jack-a-Row although not about pirates specifically, it is about seafaring & warring (perhaps fighting pirates?)

Ship of Fools by Grateful Dead - once again, not specifically about pirates, but definitely seafaring

there's probably some more I can't find through the cobwebs, but they may come to me in a bit.

jwp

[Tone_Terrific]

A string of pirate jokes would do.
What's a pirate's favorite letter? 'RRRRrrrrr'

[gkoelling]

Just play Jimmy Buffet tunes. Pirates hung out in the tropics and the theme of most of his songs are too.

People will drink and not give a damn anyway.:drink

[pir8matt]

Play some Pogues songs, they always sound pirate-y to me.

Or rework some of those flogging molly songs they used in 'The Departed'.

Or of course, Adam Ant had plenty of pirate songs - "Hoist the Jolly Roger", "Stand and Deliver", etc. :)

http://www.spoiltvictorianchild.co.uk/images/adamant.jpg

[pickaguitar]

Wooden Ships Iron Men?

[gixxerrock]

Sex Pistols - Friggin in the Rigging

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV6R0I2oHKY