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KING: Oh, better far to live and die
Under the brave black flag I fly,
Than play a sancti monious part
With a pirate head and a pirate heart.
Away to the cheating world go you,
Where pirates all are welltodo;
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,
Hurrah for 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 wellbred monarch ought to do;
But many a king on a firstclass throne,
If he wants to call his crown his own,
Must manage somehow to get through
More dirty work than e'er 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 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,
Hurrah for our Pirate King!

By Arthur Sullivan
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Pirates No. 3
Lyrics
King
Tenor
Bass
Piano Right
Piano Left
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