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It's talk like a pirate day!!

It's talk like a pirate day!!

Who needs an excuse to enjoy a day of fancy dress and role play. The 19th September is a talk like a pirate day. To get you started we have found some of our favourite songs & rhymes. 

Aye ..me hearties  a common phrase amongst us pirates, why not join us and try to have a conversation while using these easy phrases.

Ahoy! - Hello

Aye! - Yes

Colours - Flag

Matey - Shipmate or friend

Hearties - Friends

Avast! - Stop

Shiver me timbers! - Something to say when you are surprised

Port - Left side of the ship

Starboard - Right side of the ship

Buccaneer - Another name for pirate

Shanty - Song

Cutlass - Pirate's sword

Doubloons - Gold coins or money

Jolly Roger - The flag of a pirate ship

Marooned - To get stuck on a desert island

Walk the plank - To be forced to walk off a plank of the ship into the ocean

Join us in singing a good old shanty...

If you’re a pirate and you know it

If you’re a pirate and you know, swab the deck (swish swish)

If you’re a pirate and you know it swab the deck (swish Swish)

If you’re a pirate and you know it, then you’ll hear the sea wind blowin’

If you’re a pirate and your know it, swab the deck (swish Swish)

If you’re a pirate and you know it, walk the plank (stomp stomp)

If you’re a pirate and you know it, look for treasures (look through a spy glass)

If you’re a pirate and you know it, say ahoy (AHOY)

5 Pirates on a Treasure Chest 

5 pirates on a treasure chest

5 pirates on a treasure chest

1 jumped off and 4 are left

4 pirates on a treasure chest

1 jumped off and 3 are left

3 pirates on a treasure chest

1 jumped off and 2 are left

3 pirates on a treasure chest

1 jumped off and 1 is left

He climbed down and then there were none.

No pirates on the treasure chest

Yo ho ho and now it’s all mine.

Posted on 19th September 2019

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