Henrey Morgan a Storm On the Spanish Main

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Henry Morgan is my name
Being a pirate is my fame

A landlubber wasn't for me
Fortunes were made at sea

From port and starboard cannons roar
Through Spanish ships cannonballs tore

Strike your colors or face our scorn
Cutlass and pikes will make you regret being born

Merchant ships we looted, plundered and sank
Prisoners were ransomed or walked the plank

Raiding West Indies settlements was fun
Loved the pieces of eight, wenches, and rum

The Governor shivered at night in bed
His King put a price on my head

Buccaneers way were over or face harm
Keep on and you will swing from the yardarm


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Sir Henry Morgan, 
Nickname "Barbadosed"
born 1635,
died 25 August 1688 (age 53)
The Pirate Who Invaaded Panama in 1671
Buccaneer and pirate, admiral and general, country gentleman and planter, custos and judge of the court of Vice-Admiralty, governor and knight ¬ all are titles he held

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