A dutch pirate shanty from the 18th/19th century

[DetlefK]

"Al die willen te kap’ren varen" is a dutch folklore-song from Dunkirk, first written down in 1856 in Dunkirk. It's unknown how old this song actually is. Dunkirk was port to many dutch pirate-vessels in the 16th and 17th century. At first they were privateers for the Spanish Kingdom and the Spanish Netherlands, but later they were officially declared pirates.

They were active mainly in the North-Sea, sometimes in the Baltic Sea and in the Atlantic along North-Africa, but not in the Caribbean.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirkers
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_die_willen_te_kaap%27ren_varen


All who want to go on a raid with us must be men with beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they have beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they are coming with us

All who lust for rancid ship-biscuits must be men with beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they have beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they are coming with us

All who smoke thick pipes must be men with beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they have beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they are coming with us

All who kill the walrus with us must be men with beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they have beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they are coming with us

All who fear neither death nor devil must be men with beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they have beards
Jan, Pier, Tjores and Cornell, they have beards, they are coming with us

[marble falls]

1. Traditional Dutch kilts in clan tartans.

[yonder]

2. "The Musical Priest" is the tune (not the song) the fiddle plays at the breaks.

It's a common 3-part Irish reel played about everywhere. In someplaces the tune goes by "The New Bridge of Eden".

Thanks for the background history and posting - I'm a sucker for this stuff.