History Main / PirateSong

* Subverted by ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' in the "Feminist Pirate Chanty" sketch: a group of rowdy pirates sing a bawdy drinking song about informed consent, providing foreplay, being pro-choice, and recognizing that women can hold traditionally male jobs. It appears [[PirateGirl the Captain]] shoots anyone who sings disrespectful shanties.

* Music/{{ATEEZ}} have created a concept centered around pirates, and their debut single is even titled "Pirate King".

* Who can ever forget the simple, [[MemeticMutation yet ever so iconic and catchy]] Sea Shanty 2 frome ''Videogame/RuneScape''?

Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho\\

Drink up me 'earties, yo ho!"''

* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' is, like with most pirate tropes, arguably the TropeCodifier for pirate songs, chiefly the "Dead Man's Chest" sung by Billy Bones. Only a fraction of the song is actually shown in the novel, with the rest being left to the reader's imagination, but these few lyrics immortalize and inspire countless other shanty pirate songs.

* Captain Gutt's sea chanty "Master of the Seas" in ''WesternAnimation/IceAge4ContinentalDrift'', in which Gutt and his crew try to convince Manny, Sid and Diego to join them.

Often overlaps with AccordionToMostSailors, IAmSong, JobSong, and VillainSong. Often featured in [[PirateEpisode Pirate Episode]]s. See GhostSong for more amoral beings singing about what they do best (considering the prevalence of {{Ghost Pirate}}s in fiction, there may be overlap between this trope and GhostSong as well, somewhere...)

Often overlaps with AccordionToMostSailors, IAmSong, JobSong, and VillainSong. See GhostSong for more amoral beings singing about what they do best (considering the prevalence of {{Ghost Pirate}}s in fiction, there may be overlap between this trope and GhostSong as well, somewhere...)

* "The Last Pirate of Saskatchewan" by Music/TheArrogantWorms describes how a down-and-out farmer is lured into piracy in the modern era.

* Binks' Sake in ''Anime/OnePiece''. This trope is the explicit reason Luffy's insistence of finding a musician for the crew was a RunningGag before Brook filled the part.

** Yo Ho "(A Pirate's Life For Me)", is the leitmotif of the series.
** In ''Dead Man's Chest'', the titular song is sung by one of Jack's crew near the start of the film.
** In ''At World's End'', in the opening, "Hoist the Colors" is sung by several pirates being executed.

Often overlaps with IAmSong, JobSong, and VillainSong. See GhostSong for more amoral beings singing about what they do best (considering the prevalence of {{Ghost Pirate}}s in fiction, there may be overlap between this trope and GhostSong as well, somewhere...)

* ''WesternAnimation/SpartakusAndTheSunBeneathTheSea'' has "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtBWrAiWBLc The Pirate Dance]]" which is sung every time the Pirates appear in a scene, being in general a BigLippedAlligatorMoment.

** The opening number, "[[https://youtu.be/8WWdOjxoQro Shiver My Timbers]]." Although the song accompanies a scene of pirates raiding an island, the song is not sung by the pirates themselves, but by Muppet animals, statues, and skulls on the island. The song is all about the nature of pirates, and as such, it's surprisingly grim for a Muppet movie, ''not at all'' sugarcoating how pirates can be treacherous, ruthless, and even murderous when it comes to making a profit.
** Long John Silver's VillainSong, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrj8EZm9ca8 Professional Pirate]]", where he explains a pirate's life to Jim Hawkins.

* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': In ''Triss'', Captain Plugg Firetail's crew sings three songs, which the audiobook gives shanty-like tunes to: "[[https://youtu.be/kwuLz4fZMmo The Freebooter's Way]]", "[[https://youtu.be/MHZ9rhCXvfA Dirty Desperate Crew]]", and "[[https://youtu.be/Uo1X9TYuH0Y Freebooters' Song]]", about how they enjoy being marauders.

* Music/{{Alestorm}} is a pirate-themed PowerMetal band that patterns its songs after these, with sea shanty beats and lyrics about [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=GTyMhv7MCCs the golden age of piracy]] and [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=Od7I54LHTTU warfare]]. And sometimes sillier things like [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=f55CqLc6IR0 stealing beer]]. They have also made {{Cover Version}}s of other famous pirate songs, like "[[Series/LazyTown We Are a Pirate]]", "[[Music/StanRogers Barrett's Privateers]]" and "Wolves of the Sea".

These songs usually take the form of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_shanty sea shanty]], a type of song that was originally sung by laborers on large merchant ships.

* ''WesternAnimation/JustinTime'' had the episode "It's a Viking Thing" where vikings sing about what they like to do.

{{Pirate}}s can be a jolly bunch, when they're not plundering and pillaging. It's fairly common in fiction for pirates to sing songs while on their ship, in a tavern, or someplace else, often with lyrics about how they enjoy being swashbucklers. The song will usually be sung in a characteristic [[TalkLikeAPirate pirate accent]].

* There is a bunch of pirate songs in ''Webnovel/ColdObsidian''.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'': After being absent [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII in the last time]] ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' appeared in the franchise, "Yo Ho" is sung at the opening cutscene of The Caribbean]] world, with its lyrics reworded to serve as an abridged recap for ''Dead Man's Chest'', which is skipped over for adapting ''At World's End''. Also, [[{{Bowdlerise}} it changes "Drink up" to "look out"]], largely to avoid alcohol references that would raise the game's rating, but likewise turns the song into a warning to all who hear it about the looming threat. Sora himself sings the main line when we first see him after entering the world then hums the rest.

* Binks' Sake in ''Anime/OnePiece''. This trope is the explicit reason Luffy's insistence of finding a musician for the crew was a RunninGag before Brook filled the part.

* Binks' Sake in ''Anime/OnePiece''