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CPP 12 Captain Packnam's Parrot
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Folk Rock
Charts
#73 in subgenre Peak #2
Charts
Peak #13
Author
Martin Stirrup
Rights
Martin Stirrup
Uploaded
August 15, 2024
Track Files
MP3
MP3 7.3 MB • 320 kbps • 3:12
Lossless
WAV 32.4 MB
Meta Data
BPM
120
Beat
4/4
Key
A maj
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Story behind the song
A tale of maritime disaster based on an information board n the Wild Atlantic Way in Donegal.
Lyrics
Captain Packnam's Parrot DAF#m GA DAAD A7A7D GG1/2G x2 Saldanha was a frigate in Napoleon's wars That sailed our from the Swilly to protect all that was ours She chased a fast French privateer and brought it in to heel She was the finest warship from her masthead to her keel The captain had 250 men to do his every bidding And they were up for every fight, let there be no kidding He also had a parrot who would mimic all his orders Like fire at will or hard to port or time to repel boarders G DGEm AG DG EmEm GADD So let's hear it for our jolly tars Lets raise a glass of claret There never was a finer bird than Captain Packnam's Parrot .. Captain Packnam's Parrot One winters day we headed out intent on Frenchies ruin But out at sea we all could see a terrible storm a brewing The captain called his first mate in with view to taking stock But the wind blew up a sudden, Sent ud heading to the rocks With cries and roars and splintering the poor split asunder And all the crew were int the sea and most they soon went under The captain crushed and frozen was washed up o the land The locals gave him whiskey but he died upon the strand.. Instrumental break BmABmAG A AD A7A7D GG So let's hear it for our jolly tars.. The parrots cage burst open he was free to fly away The only member of the crew to see another day For months he flew the Swilly shores happy to be free Until some idiot servant shot the poor bird from his tree Let's hear it for the bird Who for some months did get away So let's hear it for our jolly tars Who perished on that day We all must die eventually, but Lets raise a glass of claret There never was a finer bird than Captain Packnam's Parrot Captain Packnam's Parrot
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