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Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" is a popular Irish folk and American folk song (Roud 208). Historically, it was often sung as a sea shanty. The song portrays an Irish worker working on a railroad. There are numerous titles for the song, including "Pat Works on the Railway" and "Paddy on the Railway" and "Fillimiooriay".
"The Ballad of Captain Kidd" (or simply, "Captain Kidd") is an English song about Captain William Kidd, who was executed for piracy in London on May 23, 1701. [1] It is listed as number 1900 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The song was printed in Britain in 1701, and it traveled to the colonies "almost immediately". [2]
It does not accurately represent the chord progressions of all the songs it depicts. It was originally written in D major (thus the progression being D major, A major, B minor, G major) and performed live in the key of E major (thus using the chords E major, B major, C♯ minor, and A major). The song was subsequently published on YouTube. [9]
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys is a compilation album of sea shanties produced by Hal Wilner.Songs are performed by artists representing a variety of genres, ranging from pop musicians like Sting, Bono, Jarvis Cocker, Lou Reed, Nick Cave and Bryan Ferry, to actors like John C. Reilly, to folk musicians like Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright III and Martin Carthy.
The Boy and the Pirates: United States Bert I. Gordon: Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon, Murvyn Vye: Fantasy film with Blackbeard (c. 1680 – 1718) Morgan, the Pirate: Italy France André de Toth, Primo Zeglio: Steve Reeves, Valérie Lagrange, Ivo Garrani: Film about Henry Morgan (c. 1635 – 1688) Pirates of the Coast: Italy Domenico Paolella ...
Pages in category "Songs about pirates" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Barrett's ...
1992: The song was parodied in a promotional spot for the Disney Afternoon series, TaleSpin, as sung by Don Karnage and the Air Pirates. 1996: The Pointer Sisters recorded a cover version for the Disney's Music From The Park album. 2002: The song is featured briefly in the Disney film Treasure Planet.
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