Curse of Blackwater Bay

Verse 1 [call and response, story style]

[Captain lead] : In the mist of Blackwater Bay, we set our course at dawn,

Crew (At dawn!.)

Captain: A crew of rogues and desperate men, on the wind we were drawn,

(We were drawn)

Our captain, scarred and fearless, with one eye cold and gray,

(Cold and gray)

Captain: Said, “Tonight we find the treasure lost, or in the sea we’ll stay.”

Crew: We’ll stay!

Verse [call and response, building tension]

Captain: The waves rose tall, the thunder screamed, the lightning split the sky,

(Split the sky)

Captain: A ghostly ship appeared ahead, its sails like ash drifting by,

(Drifting by)

Beware the dead, the old men said, their curse will bind your soul,

(Bind your soul)

But we laughed and drank, we’d face the dark, we feared no storm nor toll.

(No toll)

Oh, Blackwater Bay, your secrets lie,

Beneath the waves where the lost ones sigh.

Raise your glass to the wind and spray,

For the bold shall live, or the sea will claim their way!

Yo-ho, yo-ho, the sea will claim their way!

We fought the shadows on that ship, their eyes like coals aflame,

(Coals aflame)

The captain swung his blade with skill, we carved a bloody name,

(Bloody name)

The treasure chest lay open wide, gold spilling like the sun,

( Like the sun)

But the moment we took a coin, the sea swallowed everyone!

(Everyone)

I alone washed up on a shore, the cursed gold in hand,

(In hand)

The voices whisper in the night, across the haunted sand,

(Haunted sand)

I tell this tale to wandering souls, who dream of fortune’s call,

(Fortune’s call)

Beware the lure of Blackwater Bay, lest the ocean claims you all!

(Claims you all)

Oh, Blackwater Bay, your secrets lie,

Beneath the waves where the lost ones sigh.

Raise your glass to the wind and spray,

For the bold shall live, or the sea will claim their way!

Yo-ho, yo-ho, the sea will claim their way!