[Chorus OF PIRATES]
A rollicking band of pirates we
Who, tired of tossing on the sea
Are trying their hand at a burglaree
With weapons grim and gory!

[SERGEANT]
Hush, hush! I hear them on the manor poaching
With stealthy step the pirates are approaching


[Chorus OF PIRATES, resumed nearer]
We are not coming for plate or gold -
A story General Stanley's told -
We seek a penalty fifty-fold
For General Stanley's story!

[Chorus OF POLICE]
They seek a penalty

[Chorus OF PIRATES]
Fifty-fold!
We seek a penalty

[Chorus OF POLICE]
Fifty-fold!
[Chorus OF POLICE & CHORUS OF PIRATES]
They/We seek a penalty fifty-fold
For General Stanley's story!

[SERGEANT]
They come in force, with stealthy stride
Our obvious course is now - to hide

[Chorus OF POLICE]
Ta-ran, ta-ra, ta-ran ta-ra!
Ta-ran, ta-ra, ta-ran ta-ra!