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Five men and one coffin - Pirate Shanty

⚓💀 Five men set sail… but they only planned for one grave. “Five Men and a Coffin (We Only Bought One)” is a dark pirate shanty soaked in gallows humor, thrift gone wrong, and the grim arithmetic of the sea. What starts as a cheap decision in Tortuga turns into a deadly countdown — one by one the crew falls, and that single pinewood coffin waits patiently beneath the mast. With stomping rhythm, bitter laughter, and a chorus made for shouting in a smoke-filled tavern, this song blends maritime folklore with morbid wit and fatalistic swagger. The sea keeps count. The hammer tells the tale. And pinewood is narrow. ⚓💀 Raise your mug — and maybe buy an extra coffin. Lyrics: [Verse 1] Five men signed on in Tortuga town, with pockets thin as thread, We spent our gold on powder and gin — not coffins for the dead. The carpenter he scratched his beard, said, “Boys, this might be rough…” We laughed and bought one pinewood box — “One coffin’s quite enough!” [Chorus] Five men and a coffin — we only bought one! We’ll draw lots when the reaper comes! If the sea takes four and leaves but one — God help the lucky one! [Verse 2] First went Briggs in a tavern brawl, a bottle through his eye, He swore he’d live forever more — he was the first to die. We measured him from boot to brow, said, “A shame, old chum…” Then shut the lid and nailed it tight — “Four left, and still just one!” [Chorus] Four men and a coffin — we only bought one! We’ll draw lots when the reaper comes! If the sea takes three and leaves but one — God help the lucky one! [Verse 3] Then Harris slipped on bloody decks when cannon fire roared, He kissed the rail, then fed the gale — the sharks got him aboard. We leaned and watched the water churn, said, “That saves us some…” No need to fetch the coffin now — “Three left, and still just one!” [Chorus] Three men and a coffin — we only bought one! We’ll draw lots when the reaper comes! If the sea takes two and leaves but one — God help the lucky one! [Verse 4] McGraw caught fever down below, turned yellow, black, then grey, He coughed and cursed us to our bones till breath just slipped away. We rolled him in a sailcloth sheet — no pinewood needed, chum… We tipped our hats and drank instead — “Two left, and still just one!” [Chorus] Two men and a coffin — we only bought one! We’ll draw lots when the reaper comes! If the sea takes one and leaves but one — God help the lucky one! [Verse 5] Now it’s just me and old Tom Reed, and that box beneath the mast, We eye it like a treasure chest — who’ll claim it last? He says it’s mine, I say it’s his, we laugh but grip our gun… For two won’t fit in narrow pine — and we only bought one. [Final Chorus – Darker] One man and a coffin — we only bought one! No need for lots when the deed is done! If I drop first, then Tom’s the one — If Tom falls dead, I’ve won! The sea keeps count, she don’t forget, She tallies bone for bone… Five men sailed from Tortuga town — But only one comes home.