How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now

[sovay]

"Letters of marque. You will offer what amounts to a full pardon. Jack will be free, a privateer in the employ of England."
—Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

God damn them all!
I was told we'd cruise the seas for American gold
We'd fire no guns, shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier
The last of Barrett's privateers
—Stan Rogers, "Barrett's Privateers"

Tant que le vent pousse la frégate
'y a du bon temps pour les pirates
Tant que la mer est par-dessous
C'est le corsaire qui tient le bon bout
Ho-hisse-ho! Pavillon noir
Ho-hisse-ho! Pavillon haut
—Edith Piaf, "Le chant du pirate"

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

This post made me want to go read up on the Stan Rogers song and on privateering... and this when I had to finish editing a 4,000 word document on private equity :-|

Now it's evening and I can research to my heart's content :-)

Edith Piaf has a beautiful voice! (.... yeah... I realize I'm not the first person to reach that conclusion...)

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

"Barrett's Privateers" I was familiar with, but "Le Chant du Pirate" I'd not heard before.