Interpret:

Running Wild

Album:

Pile Of Skulls

1714 that was the year 
The Spanish fleet ran out of luck 
The weather was stormy, the sea was lashing 
Furious lightning and thunderstruck 


Three hundred men 
Fighting hand in hand 
Abandonment or raid 
Tons of 'pieces of eight' 


The 'Flotilla' was driven down to the reefs 
The wooden hulls of the vessels were cracked 
300 000 'pieces of eight' 
The fleet of that year was totally wrecked 


Three hundred men 
Fighting hand in hand 
Abandonment or raid 
Tons of 'pieces of eight' 


The viceroy commanded to furnish a squad 
60 soldiers to dreg up the plate 
Took all their salvage to a small camp ashore 
Lack of suspicion, no thought of a raid 
Jennings came up with a hazardous plan 
The Spanish garrison was taken by guise 
Three sailing vessels, three hundred men 
300 000 their glittering prize 


Three hundred men 
Fighting hand in hand 
Abandonment or raid 
Tons of 'pieces of eight' 


Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
The Spanish plate hauled off by raid 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
Jennings' trick a painful kick 


During their escape they happened to spy 
A gorgeous spanish merchant ship 
'In for a penny, in for a pound' 
They got them in their steely grip 
And several thousand 'pieces of eight' 
To fill their ships up to the deck 
Jennings' fleet sailed out to sea 
No one ever found his track 


Three hundred men 
Fighting hand in hand 
Abandonment or raid 
Tons of 'pieces of eight' 


Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
The Spanish plate hauled off by raid 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
Jennings' trick a painful kick 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
Impudent tries will win the prize 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
No soldier pack will find his track