The Pirate Movie Tarantara Lyrics

Written by Gilbert & Sullivan, Trevor Farrant, and Peter Sullivan
Sung by Garry McDonald and the Policeman

When the foeman bares his steel, (Tarantara! tarantara!)
We uncomfortable feel, (Tarantara!)
And we find the wisest thing, (Tarantara! tarantara!)
Is to slap our chests and sing, (Tarantara!)
For when threatened by the brutes, (Tarantara! tarantara!
And your heart is in your boots, (Tarantara!)
There is nothing brings it round
Like the trumpet's martial sound,
Like the trumpet's martial sound
Tarantara! tarantara!, etc.

Though to us it's evident, (Tarantara! tarantara!)
These attentions are well meant, (Tarantara!)
Such expressions don't appear, (Tarantara! tarantara!)
Calculated men to cheer (Tarantara!)
Who are going to meet their fate (Tarantara! Tarantara!)
In a highly nervous state. (Tarantara! tarantara! tarantara!)
Still to us it's evident
These attentions are well meant.
These attentions are well meant...
Tarantara! tarantara! tarantara!