International Talk Like A Pirate Day
Some Nautical & Pirate TermsYeMoight Partake Of
Nautical directions:Starboard: right Port: left Bow: front Stern or Aft: back
Aarrr! Pirate exclamation. Done with a growl and used to emphasize the pirate's current feelings.
Articles list of rules.
Ahoy Hello
AvastStop and pay attention
Aye Yes
Batten Down the Hatchesclose the doors, close your mouth.
Beauty something well done or a lovely woman
Bearings location, to find where you are
Belaying Pin a small wooden pin used to hold rigging in place
Bite the Bullet be brave
Bloody damned or very good
Buccaneer pirate
Cry Havoc to start a war, or trouble
Cutlass Popular sword among pirates
Davy Jones' Locker The bottom of the sea; final place for pirates and their ships.
Dead Men Tell No Tales when you’re dead, you can’t tell any stories
Disembark To leave the ship or a room
Dog bad man
Embark To enter the ship in order to go on a journey
Foul Turned bad or done badly, as in ‘Foul Weather’ or ‘Foul Dealings’
Gallows framework with a noose to hang criminals
GrogA drink that pirates enjoyed
Irons handcuffs and shackles
Jolly Roger the priate flag, usually with a skull and crossed bones
Keelhaul Punishment. Usually tying the sailor to a rope and dragging him under the ship.
Lad/Laddy a boy
Lubber Land lover. Someone who doesn't want to go to sea or do the work.
Make Terms to agree to rules
Maroon to abandon on a deserted island
Matey Friend or comrade
Me my
Messmate sailor on your ship you share meals with
Mutiny when members of a crew overthrow their officers
Nay No
Ne’er-do-well A scoundrel or rascal
Parley discussion between enemies
Pieces of eight Spanish silver coins that could actually be broken into eight pieces.
Plunder Treasure or items taken from others
Rigging Ropes that hold the sails in place
Saucy wild
Seafaring working or traveling on the sea
Shiver Me Timbers scary, makes my bones shake
Squall a storm
Square fair, honest
Swab/Swabbie a sailor of low rank
Tankard A large mug, for ale
Haul Away Joe
Chorus
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe.
Way haul away, we'll haul for better weather.
Away haul away, we'll haul away Joe.
Way haul away, we'll haul away together.
Away haul away, we'll haul away Joe.
1.
When I was a little lad
and so me mother told me,
Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe.
That if I did not kiss the girls
me lips would all grow moldy.
~Chorus~
King Louis was the king of France
before the revolution.
And then he got his head chopped off
it spoiled his constitution.
~Chorus~
2.
Saint Patrick was a gentleman.
He came from decent people.
He built a church in Dublin town
and on it put a steeple.
~Chorus~
Once I was in Ireland
a'digging turf and taties.
But now I'm on a Yankee ship
a'hauling on the braces.
~Chorus~