Ye Banished Privateers
Libertalia
[Intro: Spoken]
There's a tattooed man with a cut off hand
Got tales to tell from a faraway land,
Without both king and noble man
In the grand libery town
[Verse 1]
A free port where you'll never see, no royal laws, authority,
Where speech is free and so shall be
In the grand libery town
If you enter the docks by the smugglers stairs
There be a ship that will take you there
Fortune or your rank won't matter here
In the grand libery town
[Chorus]
Land of the free, Libertalia
Governed by the people of the
Land of the free, Libertalia
Governed by the people of the sea
[Verse 2]
The harlot sits on the high seat throne
The slave wears robes with a golden crown
The noble man wears a jester's cap
In the grand libery town
The hinges are stolen from the prison door
The gallows are lacking rope and more
The hangman is armed with a rotten oar
In the grand libery town!
[Chorus]
Land of the free, Libertalia
Governed by the people of the
Land of the free, Libertalia
Governed by the people of the sea
[Bridge: Spoken]
You don't have to be slaves anymore
Lose the yard arm foremast men
Leave that papal cross in the dirt, throw your beggar bowl!
Stop dancing to the music of your chains!
Bid defiance to the powers Europe that wallow in luxury at your dispense
Equality is trodden underfoot!
I bid you to lawfully make war on all the world!
[Verse 3]
What's mine is your's and your's is mine
Sharing bread and and wine
No locked doors or greedy swines
In the grand libery town!
[Chorus]
Land of the free, Libertalia
Governed by the people of the
Land of the free, Libertalia
Governed by the people of the sea
Land of the free, Libertalia