YE BANISHED PRIVATEERS takes you 300 years back in time for an imaginary journey through the harsh life at sea during the early 18th century. With songs inspired by traditional Irish and Scandinavian folk music, acting and elaborate historical clothing the privateers tell a story about the rough sailor’s life, lived on the other side of the law– and the fight against oppression and nationalism.
Together, the nearly 30 crew members take turns to go on tour and plunder, and with around a dozen sailors on stage no two shows are ever the same. The mix of rude folk and punk music invites you to dance and sing along, while the gripping ballads will make the toughest pirate heart soft.
One eye be the ship's first mate
Starboard side he can't locate
She used his eye for fishing bait
Quarter master blackpowder Pete
Clad in gold from top to feet
A shady man of selfish needs
Lads and lassies best take heeds
Our lookout drunk in the crow's nest lies
No ship nor rock his hog eye spies
Sawbones and ship's cook the same
Scurvy Ben that be his name
One mans loss, next mans gain
Coxswain toes his stew contain
His voice was thin,
his step was light,
he didn’t curse an’
he picked no fight