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Bo rozmawiam o zespole The Jolly Rogers.

Ja myślę, że zna pan, proszę pana, ale o tym... Ale to nie jest Jolly Roger Łódzki?

Proszę pana, no to posłuchajmy, a potem jeszcze wrócimy na chwilę do zespołu The Jolly Rogers.

He was a nice young sailor lad, as green as green could be When he first chose to join our crew for a life of piracy When a storm nearly capsized us, he was thrown from the ship Stranded on Hispaniola, right there on the western tip

When the crew next saw him, they could not believe their eyes.

There was little left of the young man that one could recognize.

Now he wears more tattoos than clothes.

The captain said, now listen boys, I think we should turn back.

There's a storm of ruin and that beast is building fast.

The bow corps said, just wait a bit and captain keep your course.

And he went back to his cabin, but the storm, it just got worse.

We heard howls and moans and a bang and a crash We saw thick black smoke and a fiery flash We could smell the lightning and we just stared at his door And when we started to relax It started up once more

While hunting down a merchant ship all round the rocky shore, we came around the island to a massive man of war.

The captain said, now listen boys, we're about to meet our doom.

And the boat crew shouted, never fear, and he ran down to his room.

And a fiery flash We could smell the lightning And we just stared at his door And when we started to relax It started up once more

The captain, he came bounding back Said, boys, there's no time to unpack Cause we're about to join a pirate fleet This news should have been met with cheers But the crew was plagued with doubt and fears So our captain said without missing a beat

Bo Maracaibo will set sail There is no way we can fail We'll have us a navy all our own Like Portobello long before We will sneak ourselves ashore And we'll be rich before we come back home

This got some cheers, but not a lot They knew the Cartagena plot And all the pirates there that met their end Yes, he said there's risk involved But every problem can be solved And we'll end up with more cash than we can spend

With that the whole crew was met, pledges made and roots were set.

And as the fleet was heading out, you could hear our whole crew shout, listen up you scurvy dogs and sing along.

The sky was gray and cloudy and the wind was from the west When we spied a battered frigate with her tattered, sailful dressed They signaled, they had letters home, they asked if we could take They dropped them in a barrel, they left bobbing in their wake

She's called the Flying Dutchman and it's rain that fills her sails.

The thunder growed by demons and the lightning stabbed the waves.

And the Dutchman she leapt towards us riding fury from the grave.

Our captain he stayed at the wheel, the crew they manned the lines.

Our ship would crest a giant wave and crash to the trough below And the crew held on to what they could, they were damned if they let go The rain and sea and storm winds crashed against our ship with wrath And from the deck of that cursed ship we could hear them laugh

We believed in Santa Marta, the Dutchman closing in behind.

Risk it all and Captain Howell, it's the only chance we've got.

The storm was all around us and the Dutchmen caught our wind The beast nearly capsized us and we washed our strong-ass bin We were almost to the harbor, we could see the natural break And each man wheeled earth forward for they knew what was at stake

Once we charged into that harbor the flying Dutchman heaved away And we heard their bitter screams for the devil lost his prey Once we made it safely to the leeward of the bay We cracked that barrel open to see what those letters say

W 2001 roku grupa The Jolly Rogers zagrała podczas 20. edycji krakowskich Shantys.

Występ Jolly Rogers na koncercie folkowym był ogromnym sukcesem, mimo iż zespół wykonuje większość swych piosenek a cappella lub tylko z towarzyszeniem gitary akustycznej.

No dobrze, więc Jolly Rogers dla odświeżenia pańskiej pamięci może trochę lub nagrania tych wydarzeń sprzed niemal ćwierć wieku.