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It was the year eighteen hundred and two
Where neath the stars Sailed a Barbary Crew
'Neath the sky Of a piratical lie
Down a swamp in the black Bayou

10 brave men all faded from sight
Into the dark foggy mire of night
Bound by gold And the blackest of souls
Out on a dory in the pale moon's light

So It was the year eighteen hundred and two
Where neath the stars Sailed a Barbary Crew
'Neath the sky Of a piratical lie
Down in the swamp in the black Bayou

And then the greed came to call
Till it's madness had claimed them all
They fought for thier life
With a cutlass or knife
Or fell to an ill-fated musket ball

So It was the year eighteen hundred and two
Where neath the stars Sailed a Barbary Crew
'Neath the sky Of a piratical lie
Down in the swamp in the black Bayou

When betrayal fired each mans heart
till thier one accord was torn apart
oaths they signed covered in a flood of red
till all this crew on the waters lay dead

It was the year eighteen hundred and two
Where neath the stars Sailed a Barbary Crew
'Neath the sky Of a piratical lie
Down in the swamp in the black Bayou

And when that lust for gold came to call
one by one each man would fall
Into the snake filled mud
Where they all spilled their blood
and the bayou it buried them all

Deep in the swamp lay the pirates gold
For which each man tried to sell their souls
No hand tolled the bell when Scratch he came to cal
Straight down to hell did he carried them all RUN

It was the year eighteen hundred and two
Where neath the stars Sailed a Barbary Crew
'Neath the sky Of a piratical lie
Down in the swamp in the black Bayou

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from My Own Brand of Crazy, released March 22, 2015

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Cheeks And Phoenix Kansas City, Missouri

One Man, One Guitar, or..whatever other instrument he has handy. Add to that one Feisty Firebird. Songs from the Sea, The Celtic Tradition and beyond.

Cheeks and Phoenix can be found entertaining at Renaissance Faires, and Pubs all over. ... more

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