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Which song do they sing in the scene...

posted 17 years ago by HopeOfTheFuture
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Which song do they "sing" in the scene in where they play pirates and throw executive officer Martin T. 'Marty' Pascoe in the water from the shp? It's some kind of death song, but I have never been able to find the title. Can someone tell me?

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[–] gryphonosiris 16 years ago

Blow the man down, old sea shanty.

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

Unless you are talking about the one used specifically when they make him walk the plank, then that would be Wagner's Death March.

[–] HopeOfTheFuture 16 years ago

I think it's Chopin's funeral march (got this answer via another topic). Have to check out Wagner's Death March to make sure.

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[–] Axelbaxter 15 years ago

An old sea CHANT! A "shanty" is a run-down house, or shack.

[–] amazon423 15 years ago

Sea Chanty pronounced shanty. It was a song they worked to the cadence of on shipboard.

[–] Axelbaxter 15 years ago

I stand corrected. Thank you, Amazon.