LEERING, full of menace and the threat of pain, “15 Men on a Dead Man’s Chest” is arguably the most famous pirate song ever committed to tape (and thanks to its refrain, “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, ...
Tom Waits, Patti Smith, Marc Almond, Marianne Faithfull, Shane MacGowan and others appear on a new two-disc compilation of pirate ballads and sea songs called Son of Rogues Gallery. Here, Terry Gross ...
"Show a leg" is what you say to wake up a shipmate. "Sail ho" is what you say when a ship comes sailing by. "Shiver me timbers" is what you say when feeling quite surprised. "Aye Aye, Captain" is what ...