Name: Pirates - with Mikael Sundh guitar
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: A collaboration with fellow Reaper aficionado Mikael Sundh and a lyrical change of direction for me. The fierce buccaneer frequently met a sticky and unsung end. Probably deserved but all life is precious - or should be deemed so.

Pirates - with Mikael Sundh guitar

from My Ballads by Barry Kingsbeer

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A collaboration with fellow Reaper aficionado Mikael Sundh and a lyrical change of direction for me. The fierce buccaneer frequently met a sticky and unsung end. Probably deserved but all life is precious - or should be deemed so.

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THEY SAILED THE SOUTHERN SEAS BEFORE THE MAST
ROUNDED THE HORN IN TIMES LONG PAST
HARDSHIP AND HUNGER DANGER AND PAIN
CUTLASS AND MUSKET ON THE SPANISH MAIN

FLY TO TORTUGA ON A SOUTHERLY REACH
CAREENING THE SHIP ON A LEE SHORE BEACH
AND THE GALLEONS CAME

SO THE HUNTERS WERE HUNTED HAWKS BECAME PREY
FLYING LIKE SPINDRIFT OVER THE WAVES
ALWAYS LOOKING BEHIND THEM ONE EYE IN THE GLASS
KEEPING A LOOKOUT WHILE RUNNING FAST

PRAY FOR THE TRADES HOLDING STATION ON THE WIND
LOOK FOR SALVATION IN A STORM
AND THE MEN O’ WAR CAME

ROYAL RETRIBUTION CANNON LOADED WITH GRAPE
DEALING OUT VENGEANCE FOR KIDNAP AND RAPE
SO WHAT PRICE YOUR TREASURE WHAT VALUE YOUR GOLD?
THEY HAD YOUR MEASURE FOR A GRAVE DEEP AND COLD

NOW WHERE IS YOUR TREASURE WHERE IS YOUR GOLD?
WITH YOU AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA DEEP AND COLD

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from My Ballads, track released February 21, 2017
Lead and rhythm guitars by the redoubtable Mikael Sundh of Sweden. Bass, contra guitar, drum prog, mellotron and vocals me.

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Barry Kingsbeer Stratford Upon Avon, UK

I've played bass and sung since I was 13. Pro back in the sixties for a while doing the beat group thing through to some spectacularly unsuccessful recordings. Over the years I've been lucky to have worked with some great players. I started writing songs in the 70s but not seriously until a few years ago. I write to please myself but if anyone likes anything that they hear here - that's a bonus. ... more

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