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We Sing Hooray

by CHRIS FOX

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The only Pirate, Loop Station, recruitment shanty in the world. The entire song is recorded on one acoustic guitar to accurately display all the loops used on stage in the live performance. I wrote this song while I was working in a call centre selling double glazing. Understandably I wasn't keen on the job and spent a lot of time fantasising about working anywhere else. At night I would have a recurring dream about a recruitment fair, a giant hall filled with stalls. Each stall represented a different industry touting for new recruits. At the end of the hall a giant Pirate ship which had floated in full of pirates. I would wake up just before they began to sing their recruitment shanty. In frustration I wrote one of my own and the rest is Loop station history.

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Come smugglers come thieves
Come men at large
I offer you great sanctuary
With a life led by the stars

Come Villains and come Fiends
Come those in toil
A better life awaits you
And with me you share the spoils

Now We sing Hooray and up she rises
Let out the sail
Come draw the anchor from the ocean
Let good times prevail
Its Hooray and up she rises
Boys come to see
You'll share the bounty and the riches
If you join with me

We sing Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray

A Life of leisure awaits you
Sign up you'll see
Come sail the compass points my lad
And you'll have more than you need

Well there's those who live life honestly
But you think you want more
Come see the proof of Piracy
By the Bullion in my store

Now We sing Hooray and up she rises
Let out the sail
Come draw the anchor from the ocean
Let good times prevail
Its Hooray and up she rises
Boys come to see
You'll share the bounty and the riches
If you join with me

We sing Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray

Never mind old Davy Jones
Keep the locker out of mind
And the Navy's on the run these days
So cut the ties that bind

Don't dwell on your station
Instead Imagine this
Your return with gold and handsome lass
Now tick those off your list

Now We sing Hooray and up she rises
Let out the sail
Come draw the anchor from the ocean
Let good times prevail
Its Hooray and up she rises
Boys come to see
You'll share the bounty and the riches
If you join with me

We sing Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray

Its Hooray and up she rises
Let out the sail
Come draw the anchor from the ocean
Let good times prevail
Its Hooray and up she rises
Boys come to see
You'll share the bounty and the riches
If you join with me

We sing Hooray, Hooray, Hooray, Hooray

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released March 1, 2020
© Christopher Seaman 2020
Recorded at Gladeside Recordings Cambridge 2019
Production: Dan Wilde
All instruments: Chris Fox
Arrangement: Chris Fox and Dan Wilde
Single Artwork: Richard Smith

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CHRIS FOX Cambridge, UK

Chris's music spans the roots lexicon of Folk, Americana, Country and Blues. Audiences are enthralled by his rich vocals, complex guitar playing & loop pedal alchemy, he is funny & thought provoking in equal measures. A laid back style draws listeners in with tales of the everyday and the unexpected.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Raw and powerful, a solid set from a rising star
James Searle RnRmagazine 9/23
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