Mates Together

When I was young, I sailed across the oceans As I sought to start my live anew I was bound to head out on the north sea As the whaler that I set out to be Went to quench my thirst out in a tavern There I met a British privateer "Will you put your mark here on my paper?" "No" said I and finished my third beer' But when I left, a bully in the alley With his mates, they struck me to the ground And to their ship they with me senseless carried When i woke, my hands and feet were bound Mates together through stormy weather Through gentle breeze and over raging seas Free from tether but bound forever I've been fifteen years a privateer I was taught to raid the trading Frenchmen For a share, I fought for three hard years Then sold by captains closest henchmen To a band of exiled cavaliers So yet again, a bully in the alley With his mates, they struck me to the ground And as ship cook, they stuck me in the galley For to feed, the sailors all around Mates together through stormy weather Through gentle breeze and over raging seas Free from tether but bound forever I've been fifteen years a privateer Here I am, I'm sailing across the oceans And no whaler did I come to be But years have passed, I've been promoted And since long I'm proud to say I'm free We may have a letter from ol' Charlie That says, we English law abide But don't think we're hunting ships to parley We don't care what colours they may fly So here I am, your bully in the alley Will you kindly come with me a while? You see our ship is stuck in need of Sally And i'm lacking neither wile or guile Mates together through stormy weather Through gentle breeze and over raging seas Free from tether but bound forever I've been fifteen years a privateer Oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, Woah-oh Oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh, Woah-oh Oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh Mates together through stormy weather Through gentle breeze and over raging seas Free from tether but bound forever I've been fifteen years a privateer Mates together through stormy weather Through gentle breeze and over raging seas Free from tether but bound forever I've been fifteen years a privateer