Who Drinks with Blackbeard?

Who Drinks with Blackbeard?  

(A sea shanty - Sung as a call and response between the shanty and crew as they labored on a pirate vessel.)

Submitted for the History competition:

Here be a story  
of wit, guts and glory
A captain revered  
by moors commandeered  

On high seas and shallows
his black crew was feared
Poseidon and Hades,  
would drink with Blackbeard  

Edward Teach be his Christian name
Taught us the code, through powder and flame

Shanty:  Heave  
Crew:  Ho  

Shanty:  Heave  
Crew:  Ho  

Shanty: 17  
Crew: 17

Shanty: 17  
Crew: 17

He had a  taste,  for pretty French quim
Found just the lass,  that suited his whim

Gave her gift, of forty long guns  
Smoothed out her trim,  so she might then run
Queen Anne's Revenge, thought them not pretty
Come then sweet girl,  Let's kidnap a city

Seized all of Charleston  
Every beast, bitch and bird
King paid the ransom  
And this twas now heard

Here be a story  
of wit, guts and glory
A captain revered  
by moors commandeered  

On high seas and shallows
his black crew was feared
Poseidon and Hades,  
would drink with Blackbeard

Shanty:  Heave  
Crew:  Ho  

Shanty:  Heave  
Crew:  Ho  

Shanty: 17  
Crew: 18

Shanty: 17  
Crew: 18  

Stood tall as a mountain
With black beard  in braids
Lit fuses within them  
To lead his brigade  

King's coffers grew wee thin  
Through his wit and his charm
Bounty was given, so he did no harm

But the King had him hunted, could  not outrun Fate
Best of the fleet caught him, in a shallow wake
  
Took five shots to floor him  
Twenty knifes for good measure
Chopped head hung to their mast
To claim the King's treasure

Here be a story  
of wit, guts and glory
A captain revered  
by moors commandeered  

On high seas and shallows
his black crew was feared
Poseidon and Hades,  
Now drink with Blackbeard  

Shanty:  Heave  
Crew:  Ho  

Shanty:  Heave  
Crew:  Ho  

Shanty:  Black  
Crew:  Beard

Shanty:  Black  
Crew:  Beard

Postscript: Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) was one of the most notorious pirate leaders during the early 18th century in a time historians refer to as "the golden age of piracy". Among his most infamous conquests was the ransoming of Charleston, South Carolina by blockading her ports.  As was common for the time at least 60% of his crew were Black men - many former slaves who enjoyed freedom and equal pay under his flag.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard

http://www.cindyvallar.com/blackpirates.html

http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F#/watch?v=d_2g_kNTBek