Yo Ho Ho (A Pirate's Christmas)

Twas the night before Christmas and out on the sea
We were cold, lonely pirates it was no place to be
We needed one more raid in the freezing rain
To make it to the warmth of the Spanish main HEY!

As we passed St John’s on Newfoundland’s coast
A strange looking frigate appeared like a ghost
The bowsprit was carved like an Arctic reindeer
With a lantern nose to make their passage clear

YO HO HO surrender the booty!
YO HO HO we're here to receive
YO HO HO It's a pirate's Christmas
And we’re a pack of bloodthirsty thieves         Arrrgh!

We got along broadside and prepared to board
With bloodthirsty cries we raised our swords
But we cast no fear on the curious crew
A strange pack of pygmies of a lighter hue

Out of the fo’c’s’le their captain appeared
He was a corpulent man with a great white beard
He wore a suit of red with furry white trim
He laughed in our faces as we shouted at him

We said “YO HO HO surrender the booty!”
He said “HO HO HO not on my dead man’s chest
It’s Christmas Eve and it’s my duty
To get the toys to the children who’ve been on their best”

We could see his ship sinking from the weight of the toys
He blamed good behavior by good girls and boys
I looked in the deadlights of my befuddled crew
They’d faced lots of dangers but this one was new

I offered the fat Spaniard our brigantine
To deliver his gifts clear to the Caribbean
I warned him we traded in treachery
He said “HO HO HO your secret’s safe with me”

YO HO HO deliver the booty! HO HO HO take my treasure chest
It’s Christmas Eve and it’s all our duty T‘get to the children who’ve been on their best

YO HO HO Merry Christmas!
HO HO HO and a bottle rum! (2nd: “and a hot buttered rum!”)
YO HO HO It’s a pirate’s Christmas YO HO HO Hey Ra pum pum pum 2X