Pirate Samba – Download the words…
Pirate Sambarrrr
Intro
Pirates, I know you’re hungerin’ for plunderin’ and treasure and if that’s so
get ready to row: HEAVE HO!
Pirates, I know you’re hungerin’ for plunderin’ and treasure and if that’s so
get ready to row: HEAVE HO!
Pirates, I know you’re hungerin’ for plunderin’ and treasure and if that’s so
get ready to row:
WE’RE READY TO ROW NOW – what?
WE’RE READY TO SAIL OUT. where? – TO SEA
Get ready ship mates (reps) 1-2-3-4 (cortadors)
(“what?” and “where?” played by all reps)
1. Treasure Break
Call (reps only):
3 x Treasure map, gold, pieces of eight, pieces of eight,
1 x Treasure map, gold, pieces of eight mate pieces of eight,
Break:
Reps: pieces of eight mate there’s pieces of eight mate let’s go
Band: GOLD LET’S GO LET’S GO
All: NOTHING CAN STOP US WE’RE PIRATES!
2. Pirate’s Picnic (the Owl Fox break but as a surdo break)
Called by snares (easier to hear than read about)
Finish groove with end break: get your boots off and walk the plank!
Turn: All except surdos continue playing and the whole band turns as in old samba reggae (this takes 4 bars) however this time the surdos play to mark each turning beat (beat 1 of each bar) so that’s four beats in total!
Break
Surdos only: drop anchor, land ho, pirate’s and scallywags let’s go,
row ashore and don’t forget the sea snakes, fish heads, crab sticks,
All: PIRATES LOVE, PIRATES LOVE, PICNICS!
3. Terror Test
Called by rep and timba as in old samba reggae
Call: 8 x Time for the terror test
1 x On deck and scare me now!
All: a) I’M HOPING AND PRAYING THE CAPTAIN WON’T
Surdos: b) MAKE ME WALK THE PLANK!
In part (b) everyone but the surdos plays in between these beats or in schools perhaps the teacher only to make it easier.
4. Skull & Crossbones
rep vs CORTADORS
hoist the skull and the cross bones, are you ready? LET’S
SAIL, AWAY, ‘CROSS THE SEAS, BLOWIN’ ON THE
BREEZE taking treasure from? EV’RY BOAT WE
SEE! IN A PIRATE CREW (now) THIS IS WHAT WE DO (now) COMING THROUGH!
(This crosses bars often, which I’ve emphasised by starting each bar on a new line)
5. Mutiny
This is the new equivalent of the Led Zep break: there are spaces for solos.
All: captain, captain, this is a mutiny
Snares: cap-tain go ca-ptain go, cap-tain go ca-ptain go, cap-tain go ca-ptain go,
Band: WALK THE PLANK
All: captain, captain, this is a mutiny
The break starts and end with “captain captain this is a mutiny” and the other section (for solos) can be repeated as many times as required.
6. End Break
Call: pi-rates love to tease when they sail the seven seas and sometimes just for fun they could ask you to:
Break: GET your boots OFF and walk the PLANK!
(break: surdos play whole phrase, everyone else plays only the highlighted words)
RHYTHMS
Cortador: Long, pirate song, singing a(long)
Primera: HEAVE ho HEAVE ho
Marcacao: Heave HO heave HO
Repinique: sailing the ocean, ocean, ocean
Caixa: Buried treasure, buried treasure, buried treasure, buried treasure,
Timbal: Get up, swab the deck and then, go back to bed
Tamborim: He’s making us feed his parrot, captain’s making us…
Agogo: Parrot food is not fit for pirates