Nathan P. Murphy’s
Downtown Springfield
218 S Campbell Ave Springfield, MO 65806
(417) 863-1909
Sept. 25th 8 pm Nathan P. Murphy’s. Come Party with us like Crazy Irishman & Pirates can only do!!! Special Guest appearing Ezra & Dilly!!! You don’t want to miss this one. Come support Indie Musicians & Live Music in Beautiful Downtown Spfld. Mo.
Special Guests
Ezra & Dilly
We’re thrilled to announce the grand opening of the Treasure Chest, the official Capt’n Black’s Sea Dogges store. It houses all of our music: old, new, and up-and-coming, as well as other goodies to be added in the future. Every song that we have currently is posted. There’s a good possibility you’ll be able to get your hands on music before the physical CD is shipping, so make sure to check back frequently.
We’ve also listed the lyrics for every song on the first CD, just in case you were want to sing along, and we know you do! We’re in the process of adding the background and history behind each song, both traditionals and originals. We hope you enjoy that!
We haven’t determined all of the other items for the store yet, so we ask you: what would you like to see? Headbands, t-shirts, bumper-stickers, more songs, comedy sketches… Please help us out by letting us know!
Sailors believed that to tie a bandana tightly around your head it would help to prevent sea sickness.
Yesterdays answer…..”Cutlass Liz”
Edward Teach “Blackbeard”
The term sea dog was used in history many times including to describe seals. However it was picked up by the English and used as a derogatory term for sailors in the 1500’s up until the time Queen Elizabeth I changed the term into a important iconic title.
Elizabeth changed how people defined the term using it to describe the adventurous Captains that sailed the ocean in search of new discoveries. Following her lead many of the Captains, navigators, merchants, and financial backers of such voyages started an elite guild known as Sea Dogges Guild. This guild was responsible for the first line of banks in England as well as the beginnings of a stock market.
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ship’s crew as pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries. The flag most usually identified as the Jolly Roger today is the skull and crossbones, being a flag consisting of a skull above two crossed bones on a black field.
The name Jolly Roger goes back to at least 1721, when Bartholomew Roberts was said to have named his flag the Jolly Roger. Francis Spriggs was said to have done the same in 1723. Interestingly, neither of their flags consisted of the skull and crossbones and bother of their designs were quite different from each other.
It is most commonly assumed that the phrase originated from the French words jolie rouge, or “pretty red.” This is supported by the slang term given for beggars and vagrants who “pretended scholarship” in the Elizabethan era: rouge, or Roger. Since the 16th century, Dutch privateers had been called “Sea Beggars,” also lending credibility to the theory.
The flag was not flown all of the time. To mask their identity from the navies that might hunt them down, they would typically fly false colors or no colors until they had their victims within firing range. At that time, they would lower the false flag and raise the Jolly Roger, often firing a warning shot at the same time. The flag was flown to frighten their victims by letting them know they were dealing with outlaws who would not be following any codes of honor. They hoped that the Jolly Roger would make their victims give up without a fight.
For many pirates, the black flag was not enough. When flying the black Jolly Roger, it meant that they would give quarter to their victims, but, if they resisted, the black flag would be lowered and a blood-red flag would be raised showing that no quarter would be given and they intended to take the ship by force and without mercy.
To the White Hart Faire June 27th 28th July 3rd 4th & 5th and July 11th & 12th
