Pirates of Barbary

If you're going down the straits of gibralter-ri-ay

To the north stay bound not to the south do stray

You might fall afoul of the fiends of Algeir-ri-ay

And if you run aground you'll be found

By the pirates of Barbary

 

(Give it up now)

 

You will put to sea how the cards fall, who's to say

When a red ship comes it will bring a red day

Never far from a blade that is most unholy

Turkic corsairs, they are leading the way

For the pirates of Barbary

 

Holy Father, strong to save,

Whose arm doth bound the roaring waves

Who bids the mighty ocean deep

Its own appointed limits keep;

O hear us when we cry to Thee

For those in peril on the sea.

 

Safe at last in the port of cartageen-i-ay

When a razzia fleet makes swiftly for the bay

The men start fleeing, women screaming, they are praying for god's mercy

They are pirates, they are pirates, they are pirates, they say

They’re the pirates of Barbary