text: The pirate anchored on a Wednesday
  And why he came to port I wonder
  To see a lady so my friends say
  She dances for the sailors
  In a smoky cabaret bar underground
  Down in a cellar in a harbour town
  I know he told her love was treasure
  And they would reap the fullest bounty
  He only comes to port for pleasure
  So when the winds of morning
  Blew the curtains in she woke and found hed gone
  I saw his sails unfurling Thursday dawn
  The pirate he will sink you with a kiss
  Hell steal your heart and sail away
  Saturday early we met in the cove near the forest
  Hell leave you drowning in the flotsam
  Of a broken promise in the bay
  Dancing we wakened the dawn and the birds into chorus
  He came again to see her
  Yes I think they told me it was Saturday
  Ask Penance Crane she was out in her garden she saw us
  I was at sea then
  I didnt see them
  I dont believe what you are saying
  It isnt true I hardly knew him
  Is this some game that you are playing
  Go ask the dancer shes the one who saw him last
  The one who drew him here
  He hasnt come to me since spring last year
  There was a time when he would
  Bring me silks and sandalwood and Persian lace
  Then came another goodbye and another Please dont go
  And he would hold me close
  And tell my sailing stories by the fireplace
  All night I dance and all day I keep watch with my sorrow
  I was at sea I tell you I was
  Nowhere near the mentioned murder place
  Searching for sails that dont come
  And I guess but I dont know
  Go ask the dancer
  She knows the answer
  I dont know
  She knows the answer
  I dont know
  She knows the answer
  I dont know