BONNET'S ARIA (PART II)
in which Bonnet determines to remain a pirate at all costs.
Featuring Rick Burkhardt and the Company.
lyrics
Lyrics:
BONNET
Tales I told the boy ashore
Of pirates naked smeared in gore,
Skiffs a’rowed beside the foe
And swamped until there’s nowhere else to go.
What manner courage would surrender to this pardon?
Defy this royal act of grace,
My son cries down from heaven’s garden
Bloody dreams the child cherished,
Bloodied fiends below the prow,
No recourse, but fight or perish,
Seize her, lads, there’s no way out now!
Boy, oh my boy-o, I’ve built you a boat
But the water is rough and I fear she won’t float.
Tell we tales of the pirates who once went to sea,
Tell we tales of the brigands, the rogues, and the cutthroats,
The scourges and scalawags, barbary devils
And me.
BONNET & STEDE JR:
Whenever I dream I dream of the ocean
Whenever I dream I know I’ll be free
I long for the day when my ship leaves the harbor
And when it does...
And when it does...
And when it does...
The apparition slips into darkness.
Bonnet is left alone on deck.
BONNET:
Boy, oh my boy-o, I’ve built you a boat
But the water is rough and I fear she won’t float.
Tell we tales of the pirates who once went to sea,
Tell we tales of the brigands, the rogues, and the cutthroats,
The scourges and scalawags, the barbary devils,
The ravenous, miscreant,
Privateer parasites,
Cozening Drunkards,
And racketeer damned,
The bilge-rats,
The piss-pots,
The plundering cowards,
And me!
credits
from HAIL OBLIVION,
released April 9, 2017
Performed by Bonnet (Rick Burkhardt) and the Company.
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