There Once Was A Pirate
There Once Was A Pirate
#1There Once Was A Pirate
Posted: 12/13/06 at 11:04pmCan someone please explain how this song fit into the show? I didn't see it at the Atlantic.
"We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last. Life's bounty is in it's flow, later is too late. Where is the song when it's been sung, the dance when it's been danced? It's only we humans who want to own the future too."
- Tom Stoppard, Shipwreck
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#1re: There Once Was A Pirate
Posted: 12/13/06 at 11:06pmThere once was a pi-rate, who loved a wo-man! She was the one he slew the dragon foo-or....
Heybeenfood
Broadway Star Joined: 5/15/06
McFrenzied
Stand-by Joined: 10/8/06
#3re: There Once Was A Pirate
Posted: 12/14/06 at 12:54am
Yah, that's prolly the main reason it was cut..it's a beautiful song but it doesn't forward the plot or relationships in any sort of meaningful way. It was sung by Wendla and Melchior and opened up the second act--they and all the kids are at the foot of a preacher's lecturn as the preacher interjects throughout the song.
I think it was written to fill in some of the past history of these characters--Ilsa mentions in the show that she, Moritz, Melchoir and Wendla used to play pirates when they were young. However, because the song is just about a pirate, it is a little abstract and doesn't actually tell us anything about their childhood together.
Trina55
Stand-by Joined: 12/11/05
#4re: There Once Was A Pirate
Posted: 12/14/06 at 4:10am
they sailed for a little
a little, little, little...
was stuck in my head for a good while after I saw it.
pretty, but what??
#5re: There Once Was A Pirate
Posted: 12/14/06 at 4:33amIt was supposed to be included on the CD and wasn't. I enjoyed the song when I saw it at the Atlantic.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
#6re: There Once Was A Pirate
Posted: 12/14/06 at 4:34am
On iTunes, there's a version of Duncan Sheik singing it.
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Updated On: 12/14/06 at 04:34 AM
shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#7re: There Once Was A Pirate
Posted: 12/14/06 at 4:54amShe was the one he slew the kraken for!
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