History Main / PirateSong

* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' had a Pirate themed episode opening with the song "Pirates is What We'll Be", sung by Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Gopher.

The video game Skull and Bones by Ubisoft features a sea shanty with the same title as the game, written and sung by a capella group Home Free.

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* ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' has Captain Hook's crew sing "A Pirate's Life", about how they love living as freebooters and criminals.

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** 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.

--> ''Fifteen men on the dead man's chest—''\\

--> ''And it's a hee! Hi!''\\

* Music/TomSmith has two UsefulNotes/TalkLikeAPirateDay songs. The first being the official holiday anthem, and the second (''Hey, it's Can(n)on'') having fun with the fact that it happens to be [[Literature/HarryPotter Hermione Granger's]] birthday.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' had a Pirate themed episode with the Pooh Pirates opening with the song "Pirates is What We'll Be".

** "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)", is the leitmotif of the series, having inherited the song from [[Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean the original Disneyland ride]].

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/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': "Operation L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E." has a more grim example than most with [[https://youtu.be/9ejH9RBmV9s "Licorice,"]] [[VillainSong sung by]] [[EvilVersusEvil Stickybeard and his crew]] as they [[TheVillainSucksSong tell the story of a rival candy pirate]] named [[DemBones Black John Licorice]] who was cursed after stealing a whole forest of licorice trees, and how Stickybeard and his cabin boy at the time, Heinrich Von Marzipan, unwittingly invoked the wrath of the cursed pirates.

Not to be confused with [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil pirated music]].

** "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)", is the leitmotif of the series.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': "Operation L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E." has a more grim example than most with [[https://youtu.be/9ejH9RBmV9s "Licorice,"]] [[VillainSong sung by]] [[EvilVersusEvil Stickybeard and his crew]] as they [[TheVillainSucksSongtell the story of a rival candy pirate]] named [[DemBones Black John Licorice]] who was cursed after stealing a whole forest of licorice trees, and how Stickybeard and his cabin boy at the time, Heinrich Von Marzipan, unwittingly invoked the wrath of the cursed pirates.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has a more grim example than most with [[https://youtu.be/9ejH9RBmV9s "LICORICE,"]] sung by Stickybeard and his crew as they tell the story of a pirate named Black John who was cursed after stealing a whole forest of licorice trees, and how Stickybeard and his cabin boy Heinrich unwittingly invoked the wrath of the cursed pirates.

* Subverted by ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' in the "Feminist Pirate Chanty" sketch: a group of rowdy pirates sing a bawdy drinking song about [[PoliticallyCorrectVillain 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.
* ''Series/HorribleHistories'' did a song about Blackbeard.
* ''Series/GullahGullahIsland'' has the song "Pirates I Will Be", sung in "Family Day". In "Polliwog Day", [[ToTheTuneOf this song uses the tune for "Binyahlumbus"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverLandPirates'' is obviously the king of this trope, because one is used in every episode. And even the theme song and the ending themes are ones.

* ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverLandPirates'' is obviously the king of this trope, because one is used in every episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverLandPirates'' is obviously the king of this trope for, because one is used in every episode.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': [[RoguesGalleryTransplant Don Karnage]] and his SkyPirate crew sing one while pillaging Scrooge's plane. The song serves as a distraction, as Scrooge and his family are too confused to fight back. The song shows all the characteristics of this trope, with a sea shanty-like melody and lyrics about plundering, including a lot of pirate lingo.

* ''WesternAnimation/SidTheScienceKid'': In "The Whale Episode", Susie sings a pirate song about measuring with cardboard-esque animation.

* ''SidTheScienceKid'': In "The Whale Episode", Susie sings a pirate song about measuring with cardboard-esque animation.

* Parodied in ''Theatre/PeterPanGoesWrong''. The pirates sing "Hey to Davy Jones," a standard sea shanty. However, the mechanism for the rotating stage is not working, and the stage keeps rotating between the three different sets (the pirate ship, the forest, and the bedroom) while the pirates are singing. Some stagehands are working on the bedroom set, and when they realize they're on camera, they start awkwardly swinging their arms to the beat to make it look like they're supposed to be there. Eventually, everyone on the bedroom and forest sets starts fighting, creating a lot of commotion that drowns out the pirates' song.

Often overlaps with AccordionToMostSailors, IAmSong, JobSong, and VillainSong. Often featured in [[PirateEpisode Pirate Episodes]]. 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...)

* ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' has three pirates sing a swinging tune called "[[https://youtu.be/y9bXjttMxKY A Pirate I Was Meant to Be]]", which is about how they're sure they can help Guybrush because they're great pirates. Guybrush wants them to stop because the song is going on too long, but the pirates find rhymes for all his protests and continue singing, until he tricks them by mentioning [[LeastRhymableWord an orange]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'' has a ''space'' shanty in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EtOAaK19bA "Sleeping in the Cold Below"]], sung by Vala Glarios and her sister Corpus laborers aboard the Lucretia Platorm [[spoiler:at least until it's destroyed by the Tempestarii]]. It also accompanies the battle where Sevagoth's Shadow battles an army of Corpus.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has a more grim example than most with "[[https://youtu.be/9ejH9RBmV9s LICORICE]]", sung by Stickybeard and his crew as they tell the story of a pirate named Black John who was cursed after stealing a whole forest of licorice trees, and how Stickybeard and his cabin boy Heinrich unwittingly invoked the wrath of the cursed pirates.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': [[RoguesGalleryTransplant Don Karnage]] and his SkyPirate crew sing one while pillaging Scrooge's plane. The song serves as a distraction, as Scrooge and his family are too confused to fight back. The song shows all characteristics of this trope, with a sea shanty-like melody and lyrics about plundering, including a lot of pirate lingo.

* ''VideoGame/SeaOfThieves'' features several, though they're largely instrumental, such as "Bosun Bill," "Summon The Megalodon," and the pirate legend exclusive "We Shall Sail Together." "Grogg Mayles" features lyrics about the legendary Grogg Mayles[[note]]Named after developer Gregg Mayles[[/note]], and with the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' crossover event, pirates who complete all of the third Tall Tale's deeds receive an instrumental of "A Pirate's Life" to play to their heart's content.