The Jolly Rogers - The Bloody Rose of China lyrics
[The Jolly Rogers - The Bloody Rose of China lyrics]
Through the smoke, I heard a voice
Say "I'll tell you a tale"
"Of the most successful pirate that
Ever raised a sail"
"It wasn't Teach or Avery
Wasn't Morgan or Lafitte, "
"It was a poor widowed woman
And her massive pirate fleet"
She was the rose, the bloody rose
The Bloody Rose of China
She was a Pirate Queen!
With her massive pirate fleet
She'd go down in history
As the girl that owned the China Sea!
At a brother down in canton
Lived a sixteen year old whore
Who didn't mind the work
But was looking for much more
When pirates invaded
Burned that village to the ground
They all ran into the streets and
Watched it all burn down
Before the smoke had cleared
She had a brand new life
And a Pirate Captain named Zheng Yi
Had a brand new wife
Together they united all the
Warring pirate clans
And that was just a tiny part
Of her much larger plan
She was the rose, the bloody rose
The Bloody Rose of China
She was a Pirate Queen!
With her massive pirate fleet
She'd go down in history
As the girl that owned the China Sea!
And a few years later
When Zheng Yi's life was through
She clawed her way onto his throne
And took his power too
She gathered and recruited
Every pirate she could find
And it all fell into place
Just as she had designed
Her fleet it grew so massive
That it put the rest to shame
The towns all paid protection
The vessels all fair game
She had eighteen hundred ships
Under her command
And with it eighty thousand pirates
To carry out her plans
She was the rose, the bloody rose
The Bloody Rose of China
She was a Pirate Queen!
With her massive pirate fleet
She'd go down in history
As the girl that owned the China Sea!
Her Red Flag fleet it grew so large
It could not be ignored
And no one would betray her
No matter the reward
The Portuguese sent their Navy
The British sent their fleet
And each of them were sent back home
Humbled by defeat
Qing Dynasty sent assassins and
Envoys to start talks
The one thing they had in common
They came home in a box
The government it realized this was
One they couldn't win
So they came up with a clever plan
To bring this to an end
She was the rose, the bloody rose
The Bloody Rose of China
She was a Pirate Queen!
With her massive pirate fleet
She'd go down in history
As the girl that owned the China Sea!
They offered her full pardon if she
Agreed to leave the scene
She would keep her plunder and her
Men would all go free
With amnesty granted a great
Pirate walked away and a wealthy
Clever business woman walked on
Shore that day
"And that's the tale of Zheng Yi
And it's all true I swear"
"There's a gambling house in Canton
And I'll bet that she's still there"
And with that he faded into the dim
Smoky haze well legends of that Pirate Queen
Will never fade away
Say "I'll tell you a tale"
"Of the most successful pirate that
Ever raised a sail"
"It wasn't Teach or Avery
Wasn't Morgan or Lafitte, "
"It was a poor widowed woman
And her massive pirate fleet"
She was the rose, the bloody rose
The Bloody Rose of China
She was a Pirate Queen!
With her massive pirate fleet
She'd go down in history
As the girl that owned the China Sea!
At a brother down in canton
Lived a sixteen year old whore
Who didn't mind the work
But was looking for much more
When pirates invaded
Burned that village to the ground
They all ran into the streets and
Watched it all burn down
Before the smoke had cleared
She had a brand new life
And a Pirate Captain named Zheng Yi
Had a brand new wife
Together they united all the
Warring pirate clans
And that was just a tiny part
Of her much larger plan
She was the rose, the bloody rose
The Bloody Rose of China
She was a Pirate Queen!
With her massive pirate fleet
She'd go down in history
As the girl that owned the China Sea!
And a few years later
When Zheng Yi's life was through
She clawed her way onto his throne
And took his power too
She gathered and recruited
Every pirate she could find
And it all fell into place
Just as she had designed
Her fleet it grew so massive
That it put the rest to shame
The towns all paid protection
The vessels all fair game
She had eighteen hundred ships
Under her command
And with it eighty thousand pirates
To carry out her plans
She was the rose, the bloody rose
The Bloody Rose of China
She was a Pirate Queen!
With her massive pirate fleet
She'd go down in history
As the girl that owned the China Sea!
Her Red Flag fleet it grew so large
It could not be ignored
And no one would betray her
No matter the reward
The Portuguese sent their Navy
The British sent their fleet
And each of them were sent back home
Humbled by defeat
Qing Dynasty sent assassins and
Envoys to start talks
The one thing they had in common
They came home in a box
The government it realized this was
One they couldn't win
So they came up with a clever plan
To bring this to an end
She was the rose, the bloody rose
The Bloody Rose of China
She was a Pirate Queen!
With her massive pirate fleet
She'd go down in history
As the girl that owned the China Sea!
They offered her full pardon if she
Agreed to leave the scene
She would keep her plunder and her
Men would all go free
With amnesty granted a great
Pirate walked away and a wealthy
Clever business woman walked on
Shore that day
"And that's the tale of Zheng Yi
And it's all true I swear"
"There's a gambling house in Canton
And I'll bet that she's still there"
And with that he faded into the dim
Smoky haze well legends of that Pirate Queen
Will never fade away