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In 2010, a parody version of the song was posted as an op-ed piece in the Richmond Times-Dispatch mocking actions of the Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli. [45] In 2010, Ron Butler released a YouTube video pastiche of the song, in character as President Obama, that received more than 1.8 million views. [46]
The science fiction novel The Red Scholar's Wake (2022), by Aliette de Bodard, features space pirates modelled on Ching Shih and the pirates of the South China Sea. [ 68 ] In the classics remix of Treasure Island , A Clash of Steel by C.B.Lee Zheng Yi Sao's stories are passed on, and she turns out to be a major character
Sheet music cover, 1917 Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here is an American popular song first published in 1917. The lyrics, written by D. A. Esrom (pseudonym of Theodora Morse ) to a tune composed by Arthur Sullivan for the 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance , [ 1 ] are:
The authorship and origin of the song are unknown, but it bears a resemblance with the traditional Irish folk song Óró sé do bheatha abhaile due to its shared chord progression and use of repeated lyrics over melodic sequences. Melody and first verse of "Drunken Sailor", culled from R. R. Terry's The Shanty Book, Part One (1921). Play ⓘ
They include hymns, military themes, national songs, and musical numbers from stage and screen, as well as others adapted from many poems. [2] Much of American patriotic music owes its origins to six main wars — the American Revolution , the American Indian Wars , the War of 1812 , the Mexican–American War , the American Civil War , and the ...
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Most pirates in this era were of Welsh, English, Dutch, Irish, and French origin. Many pirates came from poorer urban areas in search of a way to make money and of reprieve. London in particular was known for high unemployment, crowding, and poverty which drove people to piracy. Piracy also offered power and quick riches. [citation needed]
John Lomax publishes a collection of cowboy songs, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads, a ground-breaking publication that launched his career; [243] he is shortly afterwards elected president of the American Folklore Society. [244] This collection is the first of American folk songs to be printed with the music. [135]