For I am the Pirate King!

Written by W. S. Gilbert
Composed by Arthur Sullivan

KING

Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly,
Than play a sanctimonious part,
With a pirate head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating world go you,
Where pirates all are well-to-do;
But I’ll be true to the song I sing,
And live and die a Pirate King.

For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!

For I am a Pirate King!

CHORUS
You are!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

KING
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.

CHORUS
It is!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

KING AND CHORUS
Hurrah for the/our Pirate King!

KING

When I sally forth to seek my prey
I help myself in a royal way.
I sink a few more ships, it’s true,
Than a well-bred monarch ought to do;
But many a king on a first-class throne,
If he wants to call his crown his own,
Must manage somehow to get through
More dirty work than ever I do,

For I am a Pirate King!
And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King!

For I am a Pirate King!

CHORUS
You are!
Hurrah for the Pirate King!

KING

And it is, it is a glorious thing
To be a Pirate King.

CHORUS

It is!
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

KING AND CHORUS
Hurrah for the/our Pirate King!